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DEPARTMENT OF STATE 


February 24, 1921 (3) 


Mandates . \‘ V \ • . 

In view of the issuance yesterday at Paris of a summary of the Americ 
note on the subject of mandates and the responsibilities of mandatory 
powers, the full text of the note of the United States addressed to the 
President and Members of the Council of the League of Nations, was today 
issued by the State Department. 

It is as follows: 


February 21, 1921. 


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"To the President ana Members 


of the Council of the League of Nations. 


''Gentlemen: 


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"The Government of the United States has received information 
that the Council of the League of Nations at its meeting which is 
to be held in Paris on this date, proposes to consider at length 
the subject of mandates, including their terms, provisions and 
allocation, and accordingly takes this opportunity to deliver to 
the Council of the League of Nations a copy of its note addressed 
under date of November 20, 1920, to His Excellency Lord Curzon of 
Kedleston, the British Secretary of ^>tate for Foreign Affairs, in 
which the views of the United States are quite fully set forth re¬ 
garding the nature of the responsibilities of mandatory powers. 

"The attention of the Council of the Lea ue of Nations is par¬ 


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citted to ths League of Nations be communicated to this Government 
for its consideration before submission to the Council of the League, 
in order that the Council might thus have before it an expression of 
the opinion of the Government of the United States on the form of 
such mandates, and a clear indication of zhe basis upon which the 
approval of this Government, which is esserrtiallto the validity of 
any determinations which may be reached, might be anticipated and 
received. It was furthermore stated in said note that the establish¬ 
ment of the mandate principle, a new principle in international rela¬ 
tions and one in which the public opinion of the world is taking 
special interest, would seem to require the frankest discussion from 
all pertinent points of view, and the opinion was expressed that suitable 
publicity should be given to the drafts of mandates which it is the 
intention to submit to the Council in order that the fullest opportunity 
.might be afforded to consider their terms in relation to the obligations 
assumed by the mandatory powers and the respective interests of all 
governments who deem themselves concerned or affected. 

"A copy of this note was transmitted to the Governments of France 
and Italy requesting an interpretation by each government of the pro¬ 
visions of the agreement between Great Britain, Italy and France signed 
at Sevres on August 10, 1520, relating to the creation of spheres of 
special interest in Anatolia, in the light of this Government's note 
to the 3ritish Government, of November 20, 1920. A reply has thus 
far been received only from the French Government, in which attention 
is directed to Article X of the so-called Sevres Treaty, which pro¬ 
vides, in favor of nationals of third Pov-ers, for all economic pur¬ 
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"This Government is also in receipt of information that the 
Council of the League of Nations, at its meeting at Geneva on Decem¬ 
ber 17 last, approved among other mandates a mandate to Japan embrac¬ 
ing 'all the former German islands situated in the Pacific Ocean and 
lying north of the Equator.' The text of this mandate to Japan 
which was received by this Government and which, according to avail¬ 
able information, was approved by the Council, contains the follow¬ 
ing statement: ‘ ' 

*Whereas the principal Allied and Associated 
Powers agreed that in accordance with Article XXII, 

Part One, (Covenant of the League of Nations) of the 
said Treaty, a mandate should be conferred upon His 
Lajesty the Emperor of Japan to administer the said 
islands, and have proposed that the mandate should 
be formulated in the following terms’, etc. 

"The Government of the United States takes this opportunity, re¬ 
spectfully and in the most friendly spirit, to submit to the President 
and members of the Council of the League that the statement above 
quoted is incorrect and is not an accurate recital of the facts. On 
the contrary, the United States which is distinctly included in the 
very definite and constantly used descriptive phrase 'The Principp.1 
Allied and Associated Powers', has not agreed to the terms or provisions 
of the mandate which is embodied in this text, nor has it agreed that a 
mandate should be conferred upon Japan covering all the former German 
islands situated in the Pacific Ocean and lying north of the Equator. 

"The United States has never given its consent to the inclusion 
of the Island of Yap in any proposed mandate to Japan, but, on the 
other hand, at the time of the discussion of a mandate covering the 











former German islands in the Pacific north of the Equator, and in 
the course of said discussion, President Wilson, acting on behalf of 
this Government, was particular to stipulate that the question of 
the disposition of the Island of Yap should be reserved for future 
consideration. Subsequently, this Government was informed that 
certain of ’The Principal Allied and Associated Powers' were under 
the impression that the reported decision of the Supreme Council, 
sometimes described as the Council of Four, taken at its meeting 
on may 7, 1919, included or inserted the Island of Yap in the pro¬ 
posed mandate to Japan. This Government in notes addressed to the 
Governments of Great Britain, France, Italy and Japan, ha3 set 
forth at length its contention that Yap had in fact been excepted . 
from this proposed mandate and was not to be included therein. 
"Furthermore, by direction of President Wilson, the respective 
governments, above mentioned, were informed that the government of 
the United States could not concur in the reported decision of Lay 
7, 1919, of the Supreme Council. The information was further con¬ 
veyed that the reservations which had previously been made by this 
Government regarding the Island of Yap were cased on the view that 
the Island of Yap necessarily constitutes an indispensable part of 
any scheme or practicable arrangement of cable communication in 
the Pacific, and that its free and unhampered use should not be 
limited or controlled by any one Power. 

’’WhiLe this Government has-never assented to the inclusion of 

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the Island of Yap in the proposed mandate to Japan, it may be pointed 
out that ""even if one or more of the other Principal Allied and As¬ 
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this island in the reported decision of Liay 7, 1919, nevertheless the 
notes, above mentioned, of the Government of the United States make 
clear the position of this Government in the matter. At the time when 

the several notes were addressed to the respective governments above 

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mentioned, a final agreement had not been reached as to the terms and 
allocation of mandates covering the former German islands in the Pacific. 
Therefore, the position taken in the matter by the President on behalf 
of this Government and clearly set forth in the notes referred to, 
necessarily had the result of effectively withdrawing any suggestion 
or implication of eseeuvb, mistakenly imputed to this Government, long 
before December 17, 1920, the date of the Council's meeting at Geneva. 

"As one of 'The Principal Allied and Associated Powers', the 
United States has an equal concern and an inseparable interest with 
the other Principal Allied and Associated Powers in the overseas pos¬ 
sessions of Germany, and concededly an equal voice in their disposi¬ 
tion, which it is respectfully submitted cannot be undertaken or ef¬ 
fectuated without its assent. The Government of the United States 
therefore respectfully states that it cannot regard itself as bound 
by the terms and provisions of said mandate and desires to record its 
protest against the reported decision of December 17, last, of the 
Council of the League of Nations in relation thereto, and at the 
same time to request that the Council, having obviously acted under 
a misapprehension of the facts, should reopen the question for the 
further consideration, which the proper settlement of it clearly re¬ 
quires. 

"Accept, Gentlemen, the assurance of my high consideration. 

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DEPARTMENT OF STATE 


FOR THE PRESS. 


March 2, 192.1 r x j 


MANDATES 


Tao Department of State t#day received the reply *f the Council of th' 

meagre •! Tati one to the note of t he United States, dated February 21, 19*; 

•n t.xC subject of mandates and the responsibilities of mandat»ry powers. 1 

11 > ^* dtit-.f,.., .iarch 1, 1921, was delivered yesterday to the American Ambassaa 

at nans by the President of the Council. The following is the English tr 
lata on of the not-e from the Councils 




re the Secretary #f State 

of the United States of America. 


i am directed by the Council of the League of Nations to acknowl 
edge the receipt of your communication of February twenty-first on 
certain natters connected with the mandates which "under the provisions 
•i the covenant ;ilj. define the resuonsihilitios and limit the powers 
•f the Governments entrusted with the administration of Tr arious ter¬ 
ritories outside Europe formerly in the possession of Germany and 
Turkey. 

main points brought out in the American note if I may oe per¬ 
mitted to summarise tnen are that the United States mast be consulted 
before any mandates are allotted or defined and that the frankest dis¬ 
cussion from all pertinent points of view should be encouraged. In 

tne A” mandates exception is taken to the possible limitation of com¬ 
mercial opportunity as regards oil in Mesopotamia and in the **c n man¬ 


dates to the allocation of the Island of Yap to Japan. 

'•The Council wishes to express its deep satisfaction at the 
interest shown by your Government in this question which the Council 
lias long felt to be among the most important assigned t* the League. 
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only welcomes but feels justified in claiming the sympathy and sup¬ 
port #f the Governments which devised the scheme which the Council 
is required to administer. 

"The most fundamental contention brought forward by the American 
note is that the 'approval of the United States of America is essen¬ 
tial to the validity of any determination which may be reached" re- 
srocting the mandates which have been or may be submitted to the 
judgment of the Council. The United States ^ r as one of the leading 
actors both in the war and in the negotiations for peace. The 
rights which it acquired are not likely to be challenged in any 
quarter. But the American Government will itself recognize that- 
tho situation is complicated by the fact that the United States frr 
reasons which the Council would be the last to question has so far 
abstained from ratifying the Peace Treaty and has not taken her 
aaat the Council of the League of nations. 

"The Council might easily have dwelt on the controversiAlc.nc- 
pects of the American note. But this procedure would ill represent 
their true attitude. They prefer to examine the subject from the 

broad baei3 of international cooperation and friendship in the be- 

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lief that this course will appeal to the spirit of justice of the 
Government and people of the United States. 

"The Council has taken several important decisions with regard 
to mandates which it confidently hopes will commend themselves to 
the American Government. 

"The Council had already determined on February twenty-first 
before the receipt of the American note to postpone the considera¬ 
tion of the "A" mandates for former Turkish possessions including 
Jlesopotamia. No conclusions will therefore be reached with re- 


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opportunity to express its views. 


"The Council had expected to approve finally at the session now 

being held the ”B M mandates for the former Central African Colonies 
for Germany. 

M In view of the desire expressed by the United States the Counci 
.is however deferring its consideration of these mandates until its 
next session which wilImprobably take place in May or June. It is 
hoped tnat the delay will not hamper the administrative progress of 
these territories. 

’’The Council invites the United States to take part in the dis¬ 
cussions at its forthcoming meeting when the final decisions as to 
the "A" and f? B” mandates 'will it is hoped be taken. A problem 1 : 
intricate and involved as that of the mandates can hardly be ran. 
by the interchange of formal notes. It can only be satisfactorily 
solved by personal contact and by direct exchange of opinion. 

"Not only do such direct negotiations which correspond to tL« 
ti’:e spirit of the League of Nations effect an increase of freedom* 
flexibility and speed but they create a $p;irit of mutual good will 
and cooperation among people meeting around the same table. 

"Regarding the third type of mandates, the n C” group of former 

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German possessions in South Africa and the Pacific, the Council has 
not the advantage of the same liberty of action as. in the "A" and »»£*' 
types. The ”C” mandates were defined by the Council at its meeting 
in Geneva on December 17, 1920. The main American objection in this 
case it is understood from your Lxoellency *3 note is to the effect 
that the Island of Yap was included by the Council in the mandate 
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has on several occasions refused to agree to the allocation of this 
island to any one state. 

j.he League of Nations Council would remind your Excellency that 
the allocation of all the mandated territories is a function of the 
Supreme uouncil and not of the Council of the League. ?he League 
is concerned not with the allocation but with the administration of 
these territories. Having been notified in the name of the Allied 
and AoSuoiuted sewers that all the islands north of the Senator had 
been allocated to Japan the Council of the League merely fulfilled 
its responsibility of defining the terms of the mandate. 

n Consequently, if a misunderstanding exists as to the alloca¬ 
tion of the Island of Yap that misunderstanding would seem to be be¬ 
tween the Principal Allied Powers rather than between the United 
states and the league. However, in view of the American contention 
the Council of the League has hastened to forward the American note 
to the Governments of France, Great Britain, Italy and Japan. 

iht Council hopes that explanations will prove satisfactory tv 
*** Unitod atates Government and that reciprocal goodwill will find 

^ SolutlOE harmony with the generous spirit which inspired the 
principle of the mandates. 


(signed) "Gastao da Cnnha, 

"President of the Council of the j, 
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FOrl THE PKESS: April 6, 1921. 

Y ap Mandate . 

The Secretary of State today made public the text of a note addressed 
to the Government of Great Britain on the subject of the mandate of the 
Island of Yap to Japan. Similar notes were addressed to the Governments 
of France, Japan and Italy. The rote to Japan contained additional para¬ 
graphs referring to previous correspondence between the two Governments. 
The correspondence with the Japanese Government is not made public at this 
time. The text of the note to Great Britain follows: 

"April 2, 1921. 

"With respect to the mandate to Japan, purporting to have 
been confirmed and defined in its terms by the Council of the 
League of nations, of the German possessions in the Pacific 
Ocean, lying north of the Equator, this Government deems it ap¬ 
propriate to state the fundamental basis of its representations 
and the principles which, in its view, are determinative. 

"It will not be questioned that the right to dispose of the 
overseas possessions of Germany was acquired only through the 
victory of the Allied and Associated Powers, and it is also believed 
that there is no disposition on the part of the British Govern¬ 
ment to deny the participation of the United States in that 
victory. It would seem to follow necessarily that the right 
accruing to tne Allied and Afesociated Powers through the common 
victory is shared by the United States and that there could 
be no valid or effective disposition of tne overseas posoes- 
sions of Germany, now under consideration, without the asnent 
of the United States. This Government must therefore point out 
that as the United States has never vested either the Supreme 








Council or the League of Nations with any authority to bind the United 
States or to act on its behalf, there has been no opportunity for any 
decision which could be deemed to affect the ri hts of the United States. 

It may also be observed that the right accruing to the United States 

through the victory in which it has participated could not be regarded 
as in any way ceded or surrendered to Japan, or to other nations, except 
by treaty, and that no such treaty has been made. 

'The fact that the United States has not; ratified the Treaty of 

Versailles cannot detract from rights which the United States had already 

acquired, and it is hardly necessary to suggest that a treaty to which 
the United States is not a party could not affect these rights. But 
it should be noted that the Treaty of Versailles did not purport to 
secure to Japan or to any other nations any right in the overseas pos¬ 
sessions of Germany save as an equal right therein should be secured to 
the United States. On the contrary, .article 119 of the Treaty of Ver¬ 
sailles provides; 'Germany renounces in favour of the Principal 
Allied and Associated Powers all her rights and titles over her oversea 
possessions.' It will not be questioned that one of the'Principal 
Allied and associated Powers' in whose favor Germany renounces her 
rights and titles is the United States. Thus, not only could the 
position of the Government of Japan derive no strength from the Treaty 
of Versailles or from any discussions preliminary thereto, but the terms 
of that treaty confirm the position of the Government of the United State 

"Further, the draft Convention relating to the Landate for the 
German concessions in the Pacific Ocean, north of the Equator, which 
was subsequently proposed, proceeded in the same view, purporting on 
behalf of the United States as one of the grantors to confer the mandate 
upon Japan, thus recognizin the right and interest of the United States 




























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and the fact that the proposed action could not be effective without 
the agreement of the United States as one of the Principal Allied and 
Ass o ciated Powe rs. 

*'as the United States did not erAer into this Convention, or into 
any treaty, relating to the subject, this Government is unable to un¬ 
derstand upon what grounds it was thereafter attempted to confer the 
mandate without the agreement of the United States. It is manifest 
that the League of Nations was without any authority to bind the United 
States, and that the confirmation of the mandate in question, and the 
definition of its terms, by the Council of the League of Nations in 
December 1920, cannot be regarded as having efficacy with respect to 
the United States. 

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"It should be noted that this mandate not only recites Article 119 
of the Treaty of Versailles, to the effect that ’Germany renounced in 
favour of the Principal Allied and Associated Powers all her rights 
over her oversea possessions, including therein the groups of islands 
in the Pacific Ocean, lying north of the Equator’, but also recites 
that ’the Principal Allied and Associated Powers agreed that in accord¬ 
ance with Article 22, part I, (Covenant of the League of Nations) of 
vile said Treaty, a Mandate should be conferred upon His Majesty the 
Emperor of Japan to administer the said islands and have proposer, that 
the Mandate should be formulated’ as set forth. While this la3t quoted 
*^cital. as has already been pointed out in previous communications by 
this Government, io inaccurate in its terms, in: omuch as the United 
States as one of 'the Principal Allied and Associated Powers had not so 
agreed and proposed, The recital again recogr zes the necessity of the 
participation of the United States in order to make the proposed dis¬ 
position effective. 

"As, in the absence of any treaty with the United Jtates relating! 
to the matter, there was no decision of May 7, 1919, binding the United 


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States, it is deemed to be unnecessary agctin to examine the brief mi nut v 
of the meeting of the Supreme Council on that date* It may, ncmuver, sim¬ 
proper to say that the minute of this meeting, although obviously without 
any finality, could not properly be construed without due regard to tne 
other proceedings of the Supreme Council and without taking account of 
the reservations which President Wilson had already made in the previous 
meetings of the Supreme Council on April 21st, April 30th and l!ay 1st, 

1919. The attitude of President Wilson is sufficiently shown by the 
following statement which he made to the Department of State on Parch 

3, 1921: 

?X bcm to return the note received yesterday from the Japanese 
Government^ which I have read, in relation to the proposed manure 
covering the Island of iap. 

■Hy first information of a contention that tho so-called 
decision of Hay 7, 1919. by «® Council of Pour assigns* t0 
a mandate for the Island of Yap, was conveyed to me by Mr. dorman 
Davis in October last. I then informed him tha„ 1 had never -on 
seated to the assignment of the Island of Yap to Japan. 

•I had not previously given particular attention to the word¬ 
ing of the Council's minutes of May 7, 1919, which «*• re¬ 

cently called to my attention. I had on several occasions p.ior 
to the date mentioned, made specific reservations reg«,.-ung 
Island of Yap and had taken the position that it sno’-i ” 
assigned under mandate to any one power but should be internalion 
allied for cable purposes . I assumed that this P»y^lon would 
he duly considered in connect* ir. with the settlement of the cable 
question and that it therefore was no longer a natter for consid 

oration in connection with the peace negotiations. In. ^ 

abandoned or modified this position u * other time, 

tha; tne Island ol Yap shorn a so included in the assignment o. 
i-^.dates to Japan. 

.AS a ’latter of fact, all agreements arrived -£“6 _ 

tv. assignment of mandates wore conditional upon a - - 

ment beiiig reached, as to the specific terms of 

Mrthai, upon their accertar.ee by oaor ei L essentia'. 

associated Powers. She consent 0 ' 1 . “'' 3 s ^ provisions of 

both as t. assignments of “annates nd t e ternsan V ion . 

t, , mandates, after agreement ti. to -sir assugnen 

•The consent of the United States, as you know, has never beer, 
given on either point, as to the Island o. Yap. 

"Apart from the expressed purpose of President Wilson in relation 
to the Island of Yap, inasmuch as the proceedings of tne Supreme Council 
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finality, this Government is unable to perceive any ground for the con¬ 
tention that it was the duty of this Government to make immediate pro¬ 
test with respect to the so-called decision of May 7, 1919, end certain¬ 
ly it cannot ue said that an omission to do so operated as a cession of 
its rights. It may he added, however, that when the matter was brought 
to the attention of this Government in connection with the Conference 
on Communications in October last, this Government informed the Govern¬ 
ment of Great Britain and other Governments (by notes of November 9, 

1920) that it was the understanding of this Government that the Island 
of Yap was not included in the action of May 7, 1919, Its position 
was subsequently stated at length. 

"It is a cause of rerret to this Government, that after and despite 
this protest, there should have been any attempt to pass upon drafts of 
mandates purporting to deal with the Pacific Islands including Yap, and 
that a mandate should have been approvf3d, or attempted to be put into 
effect, which, while purporting to be made in the name of the United 
States, was without the assent of the United States. This Government 
trusts that this action, which it must assume was taken under a misap¬ 
prehension, will Pe reconsidered. 

"In particular, as no treaty has ever been concluded with the 
United States relating to the Island of Yap, and as no one has ever 
been authorized to cede or surrender the right or interest of the United 
States in the Island, this Government must insist that it has not lost 
its right or interest as it existed prior to any action of the Supreme 
Council or of the League of Nations, and cannot recognize the allocation 
of the Island or the validity of the mandate to Japan. 

"This Government, as has been clearly stated in previous communica¬ 
tions, seeks no exclusive interest in the Island of Yap and has no 
desire to secure any privileges without bavin.: similar privileges accorded 
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of justice of the British Government and of the Governments of the other 
Allied and Associated Powers, this Government looks with confidence to a 
disposition of the matter whereby the just interests of all may be pro¬ 


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FOR THE PRESS. April 14, 1921. 

CONFIDENTIAL : -- The following is for publication in the 
AFTERNOON newspapers of MONDAY, APRIL 16, 1921. Parsons ac ¬ 
cepting this in advance pl edge their faith net to divulge its 

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CORRESPONDENCE BETWEE N THE GOVERNMENTS OF TH E 
UNITED STATES MS JAPAN OH THE SUBJECT OF MANDATES 
KITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO THE ISLAND Q? YAP. 


The Secretary of State to the American Charge 
d’Affeires at Tokyo, November 9, 1920,(Telegram) 
Copy left with Japanese Foreign Office, November 
12, 1920. 

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The American Charge <3 T Affaires at Tokyo to the 
Secretary of State, November 19, 1920, (Telegram), 
transmitting text of Japanese Foreign Office’s 
Note of same date* 


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The Acting Secretary of State to the American 
Charge d’Affaires at Tokyo, December 6, 1920. 
(Telegram) Note communicated tc Japanese Foreign 
Office as of December 10, 1920. 

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The American Charge a*Affaires at Tokyo to the 
Secretary of State, February 27, 1921, (Telegram), 
transmitting text of Japanese Foreign Office’s 
Note ££ February 26. 1921. 


The Secretary of State to the 
a’Affaires at Tokyo, April 2, 
Note communicated to Japanese 
April 5, 1921. 


Arnerican Charge 
1921. (Telegram) 
Foreign Office. 


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THE AMERICAS' CHARGE D'AFFAIRES AT TGKTO TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE, 
NOVEMBER i.9> 19£0, (TELEGRAM) TRANSMITfcfl&G TEXT OF JAPANESE FOREIGN OFFICE'S 
NOTE OF SAME DATE. 


I Lave just received, the folio*.in.;; memorandum from the Foreign 
Office daied today* 

"The Department of Foreign Affairs of Japan has the honor to acknow¬ 
ledge the receipt of a Memorandum of the United States Embassy under date 
of the 12th instant relative to the status of the Island of Tap* 

"According to the definite understanding of the Japanese Government 
the Supreme Council of May 7th, 1919, came to a final decision to place 
under the mandate of Japan the Mb ole of the German Islands north of the 
equator* The decision involves no reservation whatever in regard to the 
Island of Ya.p. 

"For the above-mentioned reasons the Department of Foreign Affairs 
bogs to inform the United States Bnba.ssy that the Japanese Government would 
not be able to consent to any proposition which, reversing the decision of 
the Supremo Council, would exclude the Island of lap from the territory 
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IHE ACT IDG SECR3EAEY OF STAGE TO THE AMERICA IT CHARGE 
DMFFAIEES AT TOKYO, DECEMBER 6, 1920, (Telegram) 

ITOTE COI.liUHICATED TO JAPANESE F0RSIG1T OFFICE, DECEMBER 10. 

1920. 

For transmission tc tho Foreign Office. 

M I have transmit cod to ny Government your memorandum of 17ov ember 
nineteenth in reply to the memorandum submitted by no on che twoifth of 
iTovcmoor regarding the island of Tap to which my Government lias directed 
mo to reply as follows: 

’’There would appear to be no difference of opinion with re yard to the 
reservations made by President Wilson and Hr. Lansing v/ith respect to tho 
Island of Yap during various discussions of the Supreme Council and the Coun¬ 
cil of Foreign Ministers at the P'-aco Conference* For Clearer understanding 
of the issue as to whether, on the part of the United States, it was agreed 
that all tho en-Gorman islands in tho Pacific north of tho equator should 
bo allotted to Japan, your attention is drawn to the following facts: 

”0n April twenty—first, at. tho mooting of President Wilson, Messrs® 
Lloyd Georgo and Clomcnccau, President V/ilson, in reporting his conversation 
of that morning v/ith Baron I.amino and Count ChincLa, stated among other things 
that he had reminded the Japanese delegates tliat it had been understood that 
Japan was to have tho mandate for the islands in the north Pacific, although 
ho had made a reservo in the ease of the Island of Yap, which he considered 
should bo international. 


"At the meet in ; of Foreign Ministers held on April thirtieth, 1919, at 

three p® m., in a discussion relating to cables, Mr. Lansing stated that 5h 

was a rolcvont -question which he would like on future occasion to discuss, 

namely, whothor in tho interests of cable communications it would net bo 

dcsirablo that tho Island of Yap be internationalized and administered by an 

international commission in control of cable lines, and that ho merely raised 
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question was in his mind and that he would propose it for discussion at a late 
time. Ho suggested that it was not necessary to maintain that all the islands 
should have the same status but that the Island of Yap should be held to con¬ 
stitutes special case. Baron Makino took the position that the status of ths 
Island of Yap should be decided before the question of cables, Mr. Balfour 
replying that while the statu.sb of thd island was a matter of great importance 
he did not think that the question of cables could be deferred, as it must be 
settled in time for the treaty with Germany; Germany could be required to give 
up all title to the island, and its status thereafter could be discussed among 
the Allies. 

!! At a meeting on May first, held in Mr. Pichon’s room, President Wilson 
stated that as the cable lines across the Pacific passed through the Island of 
Yap, which thus became a general distributing center for the lines of communi¬ 
cation for the north Pacific, Yap should not pass into the hands of one power. 
In the meeting of May sixth, in the discussion regarding the allotment of man¬ 
dates in the Pacific, Mr. Lloyd George expressed his understanding that the 
Japanese should receive a mandate for certain islands north of the equator. 
According to the record, President Wilson consented in principle to this, with 
an explanatory statement that with respect to mandates the policy of the ;l open 
door" would have to be applied, and that there must be equal opportunities for 
the trade and commerce of other members of the League. The Island of Yap, . 
having been previously cited as a special case for particular future considr 
ation was not intended to be included among the ’certain islands’ designated 
as availaolc to Japan under mandate. This seems obvious as Yap appears to 
have been the only island north of the equator in regard to the disposition 
•f which there had existed any difference of opinion. There is no indication 
in the minutes of any further discussion vW th regard to this island. Thers 
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of Lay seven, four fifteen p. m., a memorandum which obviously purported 
to be a codification of the agreement reached in the meeting of Lay sixth 
with reference to the north Pacific islands. Upon this we understand is 
based the assertion that Yap was assigned under mandate to Japan. Sven this, 
however, does not expressly include all the islands in this particular 
category, although the qualifying word 'certain' is .omitted. According to 
the minutes of this meeting there was no discussion whatever on Lay seventh 
in respect to mandates. The minutes quoted tne memorandum with the statement, 
merely, that 'the following decisions were reached.' The erroneous- publi¬ 
cation of such a decision of which this Government was not aware would not 
validate it. The President recollects no proposal offered in this meeting 
to change the decision of Lay sixth and is certain he agreed to no variance 
of the original proposition. He understood it was generally agreed that 
the Island of Yap had been previously excluded and reserved for future 
determination in connection with the consideration of cable communications. 

In view of the President's reiterated objections to the inclusion of Yap in 
the mandate territories to be assigned to Japan, it is. rather striking that 
the minutes of Lay seventh do not include any discussion whatever regarding 
Yap which would have been most natural had the President been prevailed upon 
to recede from his previous firm position. It is most logical that the with¬ 
drawal of the previously recorded objections would have been noted or at 
least that the decision would have been drafted in more specific language. 

It would seem clear that the President acted on the assumption that the 
Island of Yap was not intended to be included in the decisions oi Lay sixth 
and seventh, 

•'It should also be noted that President Wilson, on August nineteenth, 
1919, before the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations made the following 
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iu is one Oi tne oases and centers of cable and radio communication on 
the Pacific, and I made the point that tne disposition, or rather the cont r ‘^. 
oi tnat island should be reserved for the general conference which is to be 
neld in regard to the ownership and operation of the cables. That subject 

is mentioned ana disposed of in this Treaty and that general cable conference 
is to be held.’" 


ihis statement evidences the under standing of the President, and it is 
inte; esting that though wide publicity was given to the President's declaration 
at the time no comments were received by this Government from any nation 
indicating a contrary opinion. Furthermore, attention is called to the fact 
tnat the draft mandate covering the ex-German islands north of the equator , 
submitted to the meeting of the Heads of Delegations on December twenty-four, 

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1919, contemplates tnat there may be a question as to what islands north of 
the equator should be allocated under mandate to Japan. Article three reads 
as tollows: 'If any dispute should arise as to whether any particular island 
is or not covered by the above mandate the matter shall be submitted to the 
Council of the League of Nations whose decisions snail be final,' The draft 
was not accepted, primarily on account of objections raised by the Japanese, 
which, however, did not relate to this particular provision. The point is cited 
merely as indicating an under standing that definite agreement had not yet 
been reached as to the final disposition of all the islands north of the equa¬ 
tor. 

"It might also be observed that, assuming for the sake of argument the 
conditional allocation to Japan, the terms of the mandate have not been 
accepted by Japan or even as yet approved by the principal interested powers 
or the League of Nations. In such case it would appear that until the island 
is accepted under mandate upon terms approved by the powers concerned the 
status of temporary occupation must exist, which, in the circumstances, does 
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determination of the conditions or terms of autncrity, control and adminis¬ 
tration . 

"I am directed by the President tc inform you that the Government of t 
united States cannct agree that trie Island of Yar uc.a included in the de 
cision of May seventh or in any other agreement of the Supreme Council. -n.c 
in addition that as the Island of Yap must form an indi epe*'- sable part of tr.f 
international communications it is essential that, it3 free and unhampered 
use for such purposes should not be limited or controiled by any one powei 
F. v e n on the assumption that the Island of Yap should be included among the 
islands held under mandate by Japan, it is net conceivable that other powers 
should not have free and unhampered access A o, and use cf, the island for 
the landing and operation of cables. This is a right wnick the United Stat ( - 
would be disponed iv g A ant u^on an y of its unicrtiMed islands which may be 
essential for y«sh purposes. 

"The G er linent of the United States expresses the t,cj:e t tax the ab o r t -. 
statement, r of fact will convince • t he Japan--it Government of the correctness, 
of the position of the United States with resoect to the mandate over the 
Island of Yap and also that the Japanese Government will concur ir the view 
:f the United States that even i f Yap should be assigned under mandate to 
Japan all other powers should havr '■’bee and unhampered acr.ecr to the 
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THE AMERICAN CHARGE D'AFFAIRES AT TOKYO TO THE SECRETARY OF STATS, 
FEBRUARY 27, 1921. (TELEGRAM) TRANSMITTING TEXT OF JAPANESE FOREIGN 
OFFICE'S NOTE OF FEBRUARY 26, 1921. 

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.following note dated February 26th received today from Minister for 
Foreign Affairs: 

1 have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your note of the 
tenth Decemoer last on the status of the Island of Yap in reply to the 
memorandum o: the Imperial Department of Foreign Affairs, dated the 12th 
November last, and to state candidly herewith the opinion of the Imoerial 
Government on the views of the Government of the United States propounded 
in this said note. 

In support of the argument advanced by the Government of the United 
States the following points are enumerated in your note: first, that in th. 
course of the various discussions in the Supreme Council and the Council of 
.foreign Ministers at the Peace Conference (namely at the meeting of the 
Supreme Council on April 21st. 1919 and at the meeting of Foreign Ministers 
on April 30th and on May 1st, 1919) the President and Mr. Lansing the then 
Secretary of State of the United States, respectively, gave utmost despatch 
to a view that the Island of Yap should be internationalized -or that it 
should not pass into the hands of any one pov/er; next, that at the meetii 
of the Supreme Council held on May 6th 1919, Mr. Lloyd George employed t 
words 'certain islands' in giving expression to what he understood to be 
territories to be committed to the charge of Japan; and lastly, that act¬ 
ing to the minutes of the meeting of the Supreme Council of May 7th, 1919, 
discussion took place on that day in respect to mandates and that although 
there exists a memorandum appended to the minutes of the meeting of May 
which purports to be a codification of the agreement reached at the meet-- 
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expressly include all the islands in the North Pacific. Of the meetings re¬ 
ferred to it must be noted that the Imperial delegates wore not present at 
the meeting of the Supreme Council of April 21st, May 6th ar^ May 7th and 
in consequence the Imperial Government have no means of ascertaining what 
views were expressed by the American delegates at those meetings. Assuming 
however that President Wilson did in fact give utterance at those meetings 
to such views as are ascribed to him this cannot warrant the United States 
Government as against the Imperial Government in going beyond asserting 
as a fact that President Wilson or Mr. Lansing gave it as his opinion be fere 
the Supreme Council and the Council of Foreign Ministers at some time previou 
to May 1st, 1919, that the Island of Yap should be internationalized or thr + 
it should not pass into the hands of any one power. In the opinion of the 
Imperial Government such -i ‘‘act argues .in r.o way in favor of the contention 
of the American Government that the Island of Yap stand? outside the islands 
that it was decided should be held under the mandate by Japan unless they 
can establish at the same time th° further fact the* the representations of 
President Wilson and Mr. Lansing were accepted by th.\ Council and the latter 
decided to exclude Yap from the mandatory territories assigned to Japan. 

In order to maintain successfully therefore that the Island of Yap is not 
included in the mandatory territories assigned to Japan the Imperial Govern¬ 
ment consider it necessary for the American Government to prove not merely 
the fact that the ..articular line of views was stated at the meetings but also 
that the meeting decided in favor of those views. Further, in this same con¬ 
nection the Impe.ial Gov-rirant rould point out that views expressed by the 
delegates previous to arriving at a decision are not necessarily to be inter¬ 
preted as reservations naturally attached to the decision. It follows tha- 
the question whether the Island of Yap is excluded from the mandatory terr_ 
tories assigned to Japan must be judged from the decision n May 7th by whi', 
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and at the same time finally decided upon and it must be concluded that what 
ever utterances may have been made previous to that date were only prelimin¬ 
ary conversations that took place before the decisions were reached and in 
themselves possess no such cogency as to qualify the meaning or limit the 
application of the decisions. This conclusion is the more irrefutable since 
the Imperial delegation never expressed their agreement whether at any meet¬ 
ing of the Councils or elsewhere with the above stated views of President 
Wilson or of Hr. Lansing. Furthermore Viscount, then Baron, Kakino an¬ 
nounced distinctly :.is disagreement with them at the meeting of foreign 
ministers held on April .10th, 1919. 

"Two. ^ view is advanced further in the note under reply that if Yap 
v.?.-, meant to be included among the islands assigned under the mandate to 
Japan then the decision of May 7th, 1919 should have been drafted in mere 
specific language than is tne case. In the opinion of the Imperial 
Government, however, it is more in accordance with sound principles of 
.interpretation to say tnat the fact should nave been down with especial 
clearness if exclusion were meant as an exception always requires to be 
stated definitely. assert that the fact of nonexclusion should hjve 
been specifically mentioned in a decision of this kind could only be re¬ 
garded as an extraordinary and even an unreasonable contention with which 
no one would be likely to concur. 

'‘It must also be remembered that if a decision in favor of exclusion 
of the Island of Yap — a question of gra^e concern to Japan and one on 
'which the Japanese delegation invariably maintained a firm attitude -- had 
really been made, as it is implied by the argument of the United States 
Government, at the meeting of May 7th at which Japan was not represented 
it could not but have been regarded as an act of entirely bad faith* It is 
therefore inconceivable tc the Imperial Government that such a decision 
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t>ince the decision under consideration says on the one hand 'German Islands 
and on the other does not make any exception of Yap, the Imperial Govetfnmen* 
regard it as perfectly clear that the ex-German Pacific Islands north of th 
Aleutians with no exception whatever all belong to the mandatory territories 
allocated to Japan. Nor are the Imperial Government alone and unsupported 
in their interpretation of the decision for they are in receipt of authentic 
information that the governments of Great Britain and France being of the 
same opinion as the Japanese Government on the matter made statements to 
that effect in their replies to the American note in November last. If the 
decision incorporated in the memorandum appended to the minutes for May 7tl. 
be one which was really reached at the meeting of the Supreme Council hela 
May 6th as represented in the note under reply then the inevitable conclusi 
will be that, inasmuch as the meeting held on the latter date, that is. 

May 6th, was that of the Heads of Delegations of the United States, Great 
Britain, and .France, the contention of the American Government is tantamount 
to saying that President Wilson by himself arrived at an understanding which 
differed from that of all others present, a conclusion difficult to under¬ 
stand . 

"Again a reference is made to the use of words ’certain islands' by Mr. 
Lloyd George at the meeting of the Supreme Council held on May 6th, 1919, 
tending to prove the exclusion of the Island of Yap* Granting for the sake 
of argument that the words ’certain islands’ occur in the minutes for May 6i 
the use of such a phrase is perfectly natural and easy to understand withe : : 
supposing it to refer to the exclusion of Yap. There are other islands ir 
the South Pacific north of the equator which did not belong to -Germany anc 

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does not appear how better Mr. Lloyd George could succinctly describe the 
islands to be allotted to the Japanese mandate in that region than as 
'certain islands.’ ’Certain' is a word which is far from approbation to 
Mean 'all but one', and had he had the exclusion of a single island such a- 
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decided at that tirne that all the ex-German Pacific Islands north of the 
equator were to be assigned under the mandate to Japan it is obvious that n 
employing the words Mr. Lloyd George cannot have intended to signify the 
exclusion of the Island of Yap. 

"To sum up, since in a matter of such a grave nature as the establish¬ 
ment of mandatory territories only what appeals on the face of the decisic 
should be accepted as authoritative the Imperial Government cannot agree in 
giving an extraordinary and unusual interpretation to the decision on a 
vague ground that certain thoughts and intentions not expressed in the text 
thereof existed in the mind of the delegate of one power only, 

"Three, The decision of May 7th, 1919, was made public on the following 
day, the eighth. If the published text of the decision differed in sense 
from what was understood by the Government of the United States to be its 
meaning the latter should have and would naturally have been expected to 
have entered an immediate protest. No such step was takenj however, at the 
time and the Imperial Government fail to understand the reason why the 
American Government should have allowed more than a year and a half to pass 
by before electing to question the decision. The note under reply refers to 
the fact that President Wilson’s statement before the Senate Committee on 
Foreign Relations on August 19th, 1919, called forth no comment by an£ 
nations and points to this absence of contrary opinion as amounting to evi¬ 
dence to prove that no powdr found anything in the President’s view to whicu 
it could take exception. The Imperial Government are quite unable to fol. 
contentions of this kind. In the one case we must protest publication of a. 
international agreement in which the American representative participated 
whereas the other was essentially a pure domestic affair. As to the former, 
in case the published text would be found to differ from what was understood 
by one party it was incumbent upon him forthwith to lodge a protest and hav - 
the errors, if any, rectified. In the latter case, however, no third power 


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that there was no nation which took it upon itself to make any adverse com¬ 
ment has no bearing whatever on the matter under consideration. 

Fuur. On the strength of article three of the mandate covering ex- 
German islands in the Pacific north of the equator submitted to'the Supreme 
Cuuncil on December 24th, 1919, it is contended in the note under reply that 
no definite agreement had yet been reached as to the final disposition of 
all the ©x-German islands in the Pacific north of the equator. The Imperial 
Government would point out that this article was intended solely to provide 
a means of settlement in view of any dispute that may arise as to boundaries 
or the assignment of lands. Such provisions were by no means confined to 
th® particular draft in question but there were also found similar pro¬ 
visions in all original draft mandates covering other territories which were 
simultaneously submitted to the same meeting. If the American contention in 
this connection is to be upheld it must needs follow that all the mandatory 
territories are liable to be honeycombed by exceptions or exclusions. But 
such a conclusion is wholly at variance with facts and cannot be thought by 
any on© to be convincing. Consequently the reference made to it in the 
note under reply tends in the opinion of the Imperial Government in no way 
to strengthen the contentions of the United States Government. 

tfive. In the concluding part of the note under reply it is observed 
that ©ven on the assumption that the Island of Yap should be included among 

the Islands held under the mandate by Japan it is not conceivable that other 
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powers should not have free and unhampered access to and use of the Island 
for the landing and operation of cables. If this observation is put forth 
irrespective of ehe fact that the Island is within the mandatory territory 
then t.ie question se©ms to be one which should be freelv settled by the 
nation which has the charge #f the place, namely, Japan. If this meaning 
however, that owing to the nature of the mandate the Island should have its 
doors kept open the Imperial Government would draw attention to the extract 
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douse opposed /iscour.t Ohinda's claim that, the same equal opportunities :'ci 
commerce and traae should be guaranteed in territories belonging to the 
C Glass as in those belonging to the B Class. In view of the position thus 
taken by the American delegate the Imperial Government feel obliged to state 
that m their opinion the American Government cannot with justice contend for 
the open door in the C Class territories at least as against Japan and to 
inform the United Ctates Government at the same time that they cannot con¬ 
sider themselves bound in any way to recognize the freedom of other nations 
in the manne; insisted upon by the American Government in regard to the 
landing and ;he operation of cables even in places where the principle of the 
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THE SECRETARY OF STATE TO THE AMERICAN CHARGE D’AFFAIRES, TOKYO, 

APRai, 2, 1921. (Talegram) NOTE COMMUNICATED TO JAPANESE FOREIGN 
OFFICE, APRIL 5, 1921. 


You are instructed to deliver the following note to the Minister for 
Fi,.eign Affairs, referring to his ncte of February 26, in answer to note of 

Govornmen t of December 10, in regard to the 3tatus of the Island of Yap 
stating: 

The Government of the United. States finds itself unable to agree wj.th 
the contention of the Japanese Goverment that in order to maintain the 
position of the Government of the United States with respect to the Island 
cf Yap, it is necessary for this Government 'to prove not merely the fact 
that the particular line of views was stated at the meetings' of the Supreme 
Council, but also that the Supreme Council 'decided in favor of those views. 
If it is meant that the United States could be bound without its consent 
by the action of the Supreme Council, the contention is deemed by this 
Government to oe inadmissible, and on the other hand the United States has 
never assented to the mandate purporting to embrace the Island cf Yap. 

"In view of the frequent references in the note of the Japanese 

Government to what is termed the decision of the Supreme Council, this* 

Government deems it appropriate to state the fundamental basis of its 

representations and the principles which in its view are determinative. 

It *vi.i.l not oe questioned that the right to dispose of the overseas pos* 

sessions of Germany was acquired roly through the victory of the Allied and 

Associated Powers, and it is also relieved that there is no disposition on 

the part of the Japanese Governor t! to deny tne participation of the United 

States in that victory. It would seem to follow necessarily that the right 

accruing to the Allied and Associated Towers tr.rough the common victory is 

shared by the United States and “nut there could be no valid or effective 
disposition of the oversea.: possessions of Germany, now under consideration 
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point out that as the United States has never vested either the Supreme 
Council or the League of Nations with any authority to bind the United 
States or to act on its b.-half, there has been no opportunity for any de¬ 
cision which could be deemed to affect the rights of the United States. Tt 
may also be observed that the right accruing to the United States through 
the victory in which it has participated conrd net. be regarded as in any 
way ceded or surrendered to Japan, or to other nations, except by treaty, 
and thax no such treaty has been made. 

'’The fact that the United States has not ratified the Treaty of Ver¬ 
sailles cannot detract from rights which the United States had already 
acquii ed and it ic hardly necessary to suggest that a treatv to which the 

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be noted that the Treaty of Versailles did not purport to secure to 

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or to any other nations any right in the overseas possessions of Germany 
save: as an equal right therein should be secured to the United States.^ ...- 
On the contrary, Article 119 of the Treaty of Versailles provides• 

'Germany renounces in favour of the P rincipal Allisd and Associated Powers 
all her rights and titles over her oversea possessions.' It will not be 
questioned that one of the 'Principal Allied and Associated Powers' i’.i 
--h06e. favor Germany renounces her rights and titles is the United State3. 
Thus, nox only could the position of the Government of Japan derive no 
strength from the Treaty of Versailles or from anv discussions preliminary 
thereto, but the terms of that treaty confirm the position of the Government 
of the United States. 

"Further,the draft Convention relating to the Mandate for the German 
concessions in the Pacific Ocean, north of the Bquator, which was subse¬ 
quently proposed, proceeded in the same view, purporting on behalf of the 

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the proposed action could not be effective without the agreement of the 
united Stages as one of tiie Principal Allied and Associated Powers. 

As ,ne United States did not enter into this Convention, or into any 
tieaty, relating to the subject, this Government is unable to understand 
upon what grounds it was thereafter attempted to confer the mandate without 
the agreement of the United States. It is manifest that the League of 
Nations was without any authority to bind the United States, and that the 
confirmation of the mandate in question, and the definition of its terms, 
by the Council of the League of Nations in December, 1920, cannot be re¬ 
garded as having efficacy with respect to the United States. 

"it should be noted that this mandate not only recites Article 119 of 
tne Treaty of Versailles, to the effect that 'Germany renounced in favour 
of the Principal Allied and Associates Fowers all her rights over her over¬ 
sea possessions, including therein the groups of islands in the Pacific 
Ocean, lying north of the Equator', but also recites that "The Principal 
Allied and Associated Powers agreed that in accordance with Article 22, 

Part .1. ^So^enant of the League of Nations/ of the said Treaty, a Mandate 
should ue conferred upon His Majesty the Emperor of Japan to administer 
thu saiu islands and lave proposed tnat the Mandate should be formulated* 
as set for-:;;-, hr lie this last quoted recital, as has already been pointed 
out in previous communications by this Government, is inaccurate in its 
terms, inasmuch as the United States as one of the Principal Allied and 
Associated Powers had not so agreed and proposed, the recital again v 
recognizes the necessity of the participation of the United Slates in ore 
to make the proposed disposition effective. 

"As, in the absence of any treaty with the United States relating, 
the matter, there was no decision on May 7, 1919, binding tne United States 
it is deemed to be unnecessary again to examine the brief minut* vi the 
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xo say that the minute of this meeting, although obviously without anv 
finality, could not properly be construed without due regard to the oth^r 
proceedings of the Supreme Council and without taking account of the reser¬ 
vations which President Wilson pad already made in the previous meetings 
of the Supreme Council on April 21st, April 30th and May 1st, 1919. The 
attitude of President Wilson is sufficiently shown by the following state¬ 
ment which he made to the department of State on March 3, 1921: 

" ' T - beg to return the note received yesterday from the Japanese Govern¬ 
ment whic.t I have reed in relation to the proposed mandate covering the 
Island of fap. 

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"'My first information of a contention that the so-called decision of 
May 7, 1919, by the Council of Four assigned to Japan a mandate for the 
Island of Yap, was conveyed to me by Mr. Dorman Davis in October last. I 
then informed him that I had never consented to the assignment of the 
Island of Yap to Japan. 

"’I had not previously given particular attention to the wording of the 
Council’s minutes of May 7, 1919, which were only recently '.-ailed to my 
attention. I had on several occasions prior to the date mentioned, made 
specific reservations regarding the Island of Yap and had taken the posl 
tion that it should not be assigned under mandate to any one power but 
should be internationalized for cable purposes. I assumed that this posi 
tion would be duly considered in connection with the settlement of the catae 
question and that it therefore was no longer a matter for consideration ii.. 
connection with the peace negotiations. I never abandoned or modified this 
position in respect to the Island of Yap, and I did not agree on May 7. 191° 
or at any other time, that the Island of Yap should be included in the 
assignment of mandates to Jaran. 

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as to the specific terms of the mandates, and further, upon their 
acceptance by each of the Principal Allied and Associated Powers. The 
consent of the united States is essential both as to assignments of man¬ 
dates and the terms and provisions of the mandates, after agreement as to 
their assignment oi allocation. 

"'The consent of the United 3tai.es, as you know, has never eeen giv^r 
on either point, as to the Island of Yap.'” 

"Apart from the expressed purpose of President Wilson in relation to 
the Island of Yap, inasmuch as the proceedings of the Supreme Council on 
May 7, 1919, did not, and in the nature cf things could not, have finality, 
this Government is unable to perceive any ground for the contention that 
it was the duty of this Government to make immediate protest with respect 
to the so-called decision of May 7, 1919 and certainly it cannot be said 
that an omission to do so operated as a cession of its eights. It may be 
added, however, that when the matter was brought to the attention cf this 
Government in connection with the Conference on Communications in October 
last, this Government informed the Government of Japan and other Governments 
(by notes of November 9, 1920) that it was the understanding of this Govern¬ 
ment that the Island ,f Ya.v was net include ’ in th : action of May 7, 1919. 
its position was subsequently stated at length. 

"It is a cause of regret to this Government, that after and despite 
-his protest, there should have been any attempt to pass upon drafts of 
mandates purporting to deal with the Pacific Islands including Yar, r. 
that a mandate should have been approved, or attempted to b® put into 
effect, wnich. while pin porting to be made in era name of the United State.-: 
was without the a: sent of the- United States. This Government trusts that 
+hi3 action, which it muri aseucr war taken under a misapprehension. aiT. 


t o reconsidered . 


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"l n particular, as no treaty has ever been concluded with the United 
States relating to tne Island of Yap, and as no one has ever been authorized 
to cede or surrender the right or interest of the United States in the 
Island, this Government must insist that it has not lost its right or 
interest as it existed prior to any action of the Supreme Council or of the 
League of Nations, and cannot recognize t.'.e allocation of the Island o. the 

validity of the mandate to Japan. 

"In this view, this Government deems it to be unneces.-.u.* y -1 this ti 

to the terns of the so-called "C" mandates, r the discussion with 

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rer-act thereto. 

"This Government, as has b. en clearly stated in previous communications, 
seeks no exclusive interest in the Island of Yac and has no desire to secure 
any privileges without having similar privileges accorded to other Powers, 
including, of course, Japan, and relying upon the sense of justice of the 
Government of Japan and of the Governments of tne o„..’ . Allied and 
dated powers, this Government looks with confidence to a disposition of the 
matter wherebv the just interests of all may bo properly conserved." 


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE 


CONFERENCE ON THE LIMITATION OF ARMAMEN 


PRESS BULLETINS 

to 


November 11, 1921. 



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FOR THE PRESS, 


-4-^ '*’’* .followin g is for p ub lication in the morning ne wspapers 
of MONDAY. JpLY 11» 192),. All persons accepting this in 
a dvance pledge their f ai th not to divulge its contents or 
any intimation thereof„ 


By direction of the President, the State Department makes the follosing 
announcement; 

"The President* in view of the far-'reaching importance of the question 
of limitation of armament, has approached with informal but definite in¬ 
quiries the group of Powers’ heretofore icnowri as the Principal Allied and 

Associated Powers, that is, Great Britain, France, Italy and Japan, c* 
ascertain whether it would be agreeable to them to take part in a con¬ 
ference on this subject, to be hold in Washington at a time to be mutual¬ 
ly agreed upon. If the proposal is found to be acceptable, formal in¬ 
vitation* for such a conference will be issued. 

"It is manifest that the question of limitation of armament has a 
clo-^e relation to Pacific and Far Eastern problems, and the president 
has suggested that the Powers especially interested in these problems 
should undertake in connection with this conference the consideration 
of all matters bearing upon their solution with a view to reaching a 
common understanding with respect to principles and policies in the Fax 
East. This has been communicated to the Powers concerned end China 
has also been invited to take part in the discussion relating to Far 
Eastern problems." 


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE 


FOB THE FPESS. 


July 27, 1921 (1) 


The Department of State today made the following statement with regard 

to the proposed Conference in Washington on the Limitation of Armament which 

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will also embrace the discussion of Pacific and Far Eastern questions: 

Upon the Presidents announcement of the plan Great Britain, France 
and Italy expressed their approval and their readiness to receive the pro¬ 
posed invitation. 

Japan expressed its willingness to accept an invitation to the Confer¬ 
ence on the Limitation of Armament, but desired to be advised as to the 
scope and nature of the subjects to be discussed in connection with pacific 

and Far Eastern matters. After conversations between the secretary on 
State and the Japanese Ambassador at Washington, the Oharg€ d f Affaires o:. 
the American Embassy at Tokio delivered, on July 25, 1921, the following 
memorandum to the Imperial Government; 

’’The Government of the United States deeply appreciates the 
readiness of the Imperial Japanese Government to accept the invita¬ 
tion to attend the Conference on the Limitation of Armaments. 

"The Secretary of State of the United States in the course c£ 
informal with Kis Excellency, the Imperial Japanese 

.Ambassador at Washington, has expressed the hope that the Imperial 
Government would not press its inquiry as to the nature and scope 
of the Pacific and Far Eastern problems to be discussed at the 
proposed conference in view of the fact that it is desirable that 
the full acceptance of the invitation of the American Government 
leave this matter open for adjustment in the precise agenda to be 
arrived at later. 

"The Secrstar3 r of State is willing to proceed with exchanges 
of opinion regarding the agenda prior to the meeting of the con¬ 
ference. He considers it inadvisable, however, at the present 
moment to hamper the program and in particular to delay tie arrange- ^ 
ments for the conference pending an agreement regarding this matter. 


Today the Department of State has received, through tne American 

Embassy at Tokio, the following reply* 

"The Japanese Government have taken note of tne contents of 
the American memo ran dam of July 23rd, received through the ejrerican 























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Charge d'ixf fairs, in reply to the Japanese memorandum of July 13 th, 
on the subject of a conference on the limitation of armaments to be 
held at Washington. 

'It has been brought to the knowledge of the Japanese Government 
that the Government of the United States is willing to proceed with 
exchanges of opinion regarding the agenda prior to the meeting of th©\ 
conference and that it considers it advisable to adjust in that 
agenda the nature and scope of the Pacific and Par Eastern questions 
to oe discussed at the proposed conference. The Japanese Government, 
on that understanding, are happy to be able to inform the American 
Government that it is their intention gladly to accept an invitation 
for a conference which shall embrace the discussion of the Pacific 
and Far Eastern questions. 

"The Japanese Government have been made aware through the com¬ 
munications and the published statement jf the American Government 
and the conversations between the Secretary of State and Baron 
Shidehara that the proposition of the American Government to discuss 
the Pacific and Far Eastern problems is based on the close bearing 
they have on the question of the limitation of armaments which is the 
original and principal aim of the conference, and that therefore the 
main object of discussing these problems is to reach a common under¬ 
standing in regard to general principles and policies in the Pacific 
and the Far East. Desiring, as they do, to contribute to the establish¬ 
ment of an endurin : peace and to the advancement of human welfare, 
the Japanese Government earnestly hope that the proposed conference 
may attain the expected results and their ideals may thereby be 
brought nearer to realization. 

"In order to ensure the success of the conference, the Japanese 
Government deem it advisable that the agenda thereof should be ar¬ 
ranged in accordance with the main object of the discussions as above 
defined, and that introduction therein of problems such as are of 
sole concern to certain particular powers or such matters that may 
be regarded accomplished facts should be scrupulously avoided." 


According to the President's announcement, China will be invited to 
participate in the discussion of Far Eastern questions and has indicated her 
willingness to accept the invitation. Other Powers having interests in the 
Far East may also be invited to take part in that discussion. Formal in¬ 
vitations have not yet been issued, and the details of the arrangements are 
being perfected. 







DEPARTMENT OF STATE 


FOR THE PRESS. 


July 27, 1921 (1) 


The Department of State today made the following statement with regard 
to the proposed Conference in Washington on the Limitation of Armament which 
will also embrace the discussion of Pacific and Far Eastern questions: 

Upon the President’s announcement of the plan Great Britain, France 
and Italy expressed their approval and their readiness to receive the pro¬ 
posed invitation. 

Japan expressed its willingness to accept an invitation to the Confer¬ 
ence on the Limitation of Armament, but desired to be advised as to the 
scope and nature of the subjects to be discussed in connection with Pacific 

and Far Eastern matters. After conversations between the Secretary of 
State and the Japanese Ambassador at Washington, the Charge d’Affaires of 
the American Embassy at Tokio delivered, on July 23, 1921, the following 
memorandum to the Imperial Government: 

’’The Government of the United States deeply appreciates the 
readiness of the Imperial Japanese Government to accept the invita¬ 
tion to attend the Conference on the Limitation of Armaments. 

"The Secretary of State of the United States in the course of 
informal conversations with His Excellency, the Imperial Japanese 
Ambassador at Washington, has expressed the hope that the Imperial 
Government would not press its inquiry as to the nature and scope 
of the Pacific and Far Eastern problems to be discussed at the 
proposed conference in view of the fact that it is desirable that 
the full acceptance of the invitation of the American Government 
leave this matter open for adjustment in the precise agenda to be 
arrived at later. 

’’The Secretary of State is willing to proceed with exchanges 
of opinion regarding the agenda prior to the meeting of the con¬ 
ference. He considers it inadvisable, however, at the present 
moment to hamper the program and in particular to delay the arrange¬ 
ments for the conference pending an agreement regarding this matter. :f 


Today the Department of State has received, through the American 

Embassy at Tokio, the following reply: 

"The Japanese Government have taken note of the contents of 
the American memorandum of July 23rd, received through the American 









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Charge d’Affairs, in reply to the Japanese memorandum oi July 13th, 
on the subject of a conference on the limitation of armaments to be 
held at Washington# 

"It has been brought to the knowledge of the Japanese government 
1?hat the Government of the United States is willing to proceed with 
exchanges of opinion regarding the agenda prior to the meeting of the 
conference and that it considers it advisable to adjust in that 
agenda the nature and scope of the pacific and Far Eastern questions 
to be discussed at the proposed conference. The Japanese Government, 
on that understanding, are happy to be ab^e to inform the American 
Government that it is their intention gladly to accept an invitation 
for a conference which shall embrace the discussion of the Pacific 
and Far Eastern questions. 

"The Japanese Government have been made aware through the com¬ 
munications and the published statement of the American Government 
and the conversations between the Secretary of State and Baron 
Shidehara that the proposition of the American Government to discuss 
the Pacific and Far Eastern problems is based on the close bearing 
they have on the question of the limitation of armaments which is the 
original and principal aim of the conference, and that therefore the 
main object of discussing these problems is to reach a common under¬ 
standing in regard to general principles and policies in the Pacific 
and the Far East. Desiring, as they, to contribute to the establish¬ 
ment of an enduring peace and to the advancement of human welfare, 
the Japanese Government earnestly hope that the proposed conference 
may attain the expected results and their ideals may thereby be 
brought nearer to realization. 

"In order to ensure the success of the conference, the Japanese 
Government deem it advisable that the agenda thereof should be ar¬ 
ranged in accordance with the main object of the discussions as above 
defined, and that introduction therein of problems such as are of 
sole concern to certain particular pavers or such matters that may 
be regarded accomplished facts should be scrupulously avoided." 


According to the President’s announcement, China will be invited to 
participate in the discussion of Far Eastern questions and has indicated her 
willingness to accept the invitation. 0*'hei Powers having interests in the 
Far East may also be invited to take part in that discussion. Formal in¬ 
vitations have net yet been issued, and the details of the arrangements are 
being perfected. 


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DEPfaJTPMEUT Qv SCL.T; 


FOR THE PRESS. 


^ugctst 11, 1921 (2) 


The Secretary of State, on behali of the President, today sent 
formal invitations to Great Britain, France, Italy and Japan to partici¬ 
pate in a conference on limitation of armament, in connection with vnicr 
Pacific and Far Eastern cuestions will also be discussed, to be held 
in Washington on November 11, 1921. 

The invitations Vv’ero cabled by the Secretary of State to our Em¬ 
bassies for delivery in each case to the Foreign Office of the respective 
Governments. 

The text of the invitation is as follows, the only difference ce^ng 

V-* the name of the Government i 

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J! The President is deeply gratified at the cordial response to 
his suggestion that there should be a Conference on the subjecv 'S 
Limitation of Armament, in connection with vhiclv pacific and Far 
Eastern questions should also be discussed. 

"Productive labor is staggering under an economic burden too 
heavy to be borne unless the present vast public expenditures are 
greatly reduced. It is idle to look for stability, or the as¬ 
surance of social justice, or the security of peace, while waste¬ 
ful and unproductive outlays deprive effort of its just reward and 
defeat the reasonable expectation of progress. The enormous dis¬ 
bursements in tie rivalries of armaments manifestly constitute the 
greater part of the encumbrance upon enterprise and national 
prosperity; aid avoidable or extravagant expen re of this nature is 
not only without economic justification but is a constant menace 
to the peace of the vnrld ratter then an assurance of its preserva¬ 
tion. Yet there would seem t o be no ground to expect the halting 

the Pavers most largely concerned 


of these increasing outlays unless 






















find o. satisfactory basis for an agreement to effect their limita¬ 
tion. The time is believed to be opportune for these powers to 
approach this subject directly and in conference; and while, in the 
discussion of limitation of armament, the question of naval arma¬ 
ment may naturally have first place, it has been thought best not 
to exclude questions pertaining to other armament to the end that- 
all practicable measures of relief may have appropriate considera¬ 
tion, It may also be found advisable to formulate proposals by 
which in tne interest of humanity the use of new agencies of warfar 
may be su it ab ly e o at rolled. 

”1+ is, however, quite clear that there can be no final as¬ 
surance of the peace of the world in the absence of the desire for 
peace, and the prospect of reduced armaments is not a hopeful one 
unless this desire finds expression in a practical effort to remove 
causes of misunderstanding and to seek ground for agreement as to 
principles and their application. It is the earnest wish of this 
Government that through an interchange of views with the facilities 
afforded by a conference, it may be possible to find a solution of 
Pacific and Par Eastern problems, of unquestioned importance at 
this time, that is, such common understandings with respect to 
matters which have been and are cf international concern as may 
serve to promote enduring friendship among our peoples. 

”It is not the purpose of this Government to attempt to define 
the scope of the discussion in relation to the Pacific and Far 
East, but rather to leave this to be the subject of suggestions tc 
be exchanged before the meeting of the Conference, in the expecta¬ 
tion that the spirit of friendship and a cordial appreciation of 
thi& importance of the elimination of s curces of controversy, will 
govern the final decision* 






"Accordingly, in pursuance of the proposal which has been 
made, and in the li$rt of the gracious indication of its ac¬ 
ceptance, the President invites the Government ctf Great Britain 
to participate ir. a Conference on the subject of Limitation of 
Armament B in connection '.?ith vhich Pacific and Par Eastern 
<iuestions Till also be discussed, to be heid in 7/asnington on the 

11th day of November, 1921c" 

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DEPARTMENT OF STATS 


FOR THE PRESS-. 


August 11, 1921 (3) 


Tho Secretary of State, or behalf of the President, has ■ L ?day sent 
a formal invitation to th~ Republic of China to participate in tne dis¬ 
cussion of Pacific anu Far Eastern questions in connection with, the con¬ 
ference on the limitation of armament, to be held in Washington on the 
11th day of November, 1921. 

The invitation was cabled by the Secretary of State to our Legation 
at Peking for delivery to the Foreign Office of the Chinese Government. 

The text of the invitation is as follows: 

; 'The President is deeply gratified at the cordial response to 
his suggestion that there should be a Conference on the subject 
Limitation of Armament, in connection with which Pacific and Far 
Eastern questions should also be discussed. 

'■'It is quite clear that there can be no final assurance of the 
peace of the world in the absence of the desire fcr peace, and the 
prospect of reduced armaments is not a hopeful one unless this 
desire finds expression in s practical effort to remove causes of 
misunderstanding and to seek ground for agreement ac to principles 
art their application. Ft ;the earnest wish of this Government 
that through an interchange of views with the facilities afforded 
by a conference, it may be possible to find a solution of Pacific 
and Far Eastern problems, of unquestioned importance at this time, 
that is, such common understandings with respect to matters which 
have been and are cf inte-rnational concern as may serve to promote 
enduring friendship amon fo our peoples- 

"It is not the purpose of this Government zo attempt to define 





scope of the discussion in relation to the Pacific and Far East^ 
but rather to leave this to be the subject of suggestions to be 
exchanged before the meeting of the Conference, in the expectation 
tnat the spirit of friendship and a cordial appreciation of the im¬ 
portance of the elimination of sources of controversy, will govern the 
final decision. 

"Accordingly, in pursuance of the proposal which has been made, 
and in the light 01 the gracious indication of its acceptance the 
President invites the Government of the Republic of China to parti- 

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cipate in the discussion of Pacific and Far Eastern questions, in 
connection with the Conference on the subject of Limitation of Arma¬ 
ment, to be held in Washington, on the 11th day of November, 1921." 













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X*3P.UO^-^' OF STATE 


August 15, 1921. (2) 


The Seen et&ry of State reoei'-o:. to&ay the following nocept nee 
communicated to the American Ambassador by the French Government of 


the invitation to attend the Conference or Limitation of Armament: 


"Secretary of State, 

Washington, B t C. 

Premier Briand authorizes me to empress through you to 
the President his a pareciation of the invitation to the 


Washington Conference on November eleventh and to 
the President that he shall have great pleasure in 
the conference in person as the head of the French 


say to 
attending 
delegation. 


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE 


FOR THE PR. 


.ad 3. 


August 18, 1921. (1) 


China. 

The Secretary of State received today, through the Chinese Minister 
at Washington, the following acceptance by th9 Republic of China of the 
invitation to participate in the discussion of Pacific and Far Eastern 
questions in connection with the Conference on Limitation of Armament: 

"On the 13th instant a note va3 received from the American. 

Charge d*Affaires at Peking transmit ti 2 ig the invitation of the 


President of the United States to the Government of the* Republic 


of China to participate in a conference to be held in Washington 
on the 11th day of November, 1921. 

"A conference for the purpose stated meets with the hearty 
concurrence of the Government of the Republic of China. Since the 
conclusion of the War in Europe the fear is general that there may 

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again ho a. recurrence of the horrors of war. Furthermore, the 
center of gravity in matters international has recently shifted 
to the Pacific and the Far East. China occupies an important 
place not only on account of the extent of its territory and the 
density of its population but also on account of its geographical 
position. The Pacific and Far Eastern questions as viewed oy the 
Chinese people are questions affecting the peace of the world of the 


present day. 

"This Conference at Washington, called by the President of the 

United States for the promotion of peace, cannot but contribute in 

a large measure to the accomplishment of results that will enable 

the people of the world to enjoy prosperity and happiness and obtain 

permanent release from the calamities of war. It is with special 

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known its docire to cooperate on a footing of equality with other 
governments in this beneficent movement. 

"The American Government by declaring that it is not its pur¬ 
pose to attempt to define the scope of the discussion in relation 
to the Pacific and Far Hast gives evidence of its readiness to be 
fair to all without any preconceived bias. The Government of the 
Republic cf China desires to take the same position, and will par¬ 
ticipate in the Conference in the snirit of friendship and with a 
cordial appreciation of the importance of the elimination of the 
sources of controversy as stated in the American Charge’s note and 
observe perfect frankness and cordiality in the exchange of views 
and in arriving at decisions to the end that the purpose of the 
President of the United States to promote universal peace may be 
fulfilled.” 


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DEP^TMSET OR 


FOR THE PHSSSi August 22, 1921. (1$ 

Great Britain . 


acceptance by the British Government of the invita¬ 


tion to attebd the> Conference on Limitation 


)f Armament was received 


today tiiroUg£i Ambassador Harley. The f01 lowing is the text of the note 
delivered tc ihb-is^dor Harvey by Lc.rd Cur z on: 


”1 have the honor to acknowledge tne iecei.pt of the invita¬ 
tion proffered to His Majesty ’ s Government bjy the Government of 
the United States to participate in a conference at Y/ashingt<m 
beginning on the eleventn of November next for the discussion of 
the limitation of armaments and in connection therewith of the 
international problems presented by the Pacific and the Far East. 

“It is with sincere gratification that I have the honor on 
behalf of His Majesty’s Government to request Your Excellency to 
convey to the United dt-tes Government our ready acceptance of their 
invitation to cake part in this auspicious meeting with objects of 
which His Majesty's Government and the British nation arc in whole¬ 
hearted sympathy. It i.: the earnest and confident hope of his 
Majesty's Government that this conference approached, as it will be, 
by all concerned in a spirit of courage, friendliness and mutual 
'understanding, rapy achieve far-reaching results that will be con¬ 
ducive to the prospe;*ity and peace of the world.” 



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August 24, 1921. (1) 


The State Department received today the following note addressed 

by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Japan to the American Choree 

d’Affaires at Tokyo accepting the invitation of the United States to 

attend the Conference on the Limitation of Armament in connection vith which 

Pacific and Far Sastern questions are to be discussed: 

»I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your note of 

the 13th of thi* month in which you intimate the gratification tf 

the President of the United States at the cordial response which has _ 

been acco-ded to his suggestion of a conference on the subject of 

limitation of armament and cognate topics and in which you cotamni- . 

cate the President's invitation to this Government to participate 

in such a conference to be held in Washington on the 11th of Kovers- 

ber next on the subject of limitation of armament in connection. 

with which Pacific and Far Sastern questions will also be discussed. 

"In communicating to you for transmission to the President the 

hearty and appreciative acceptance of this invitation by the 

Japanese Government. I would ask you to bo good enough in the first 

place to say to Mr. Harding wi'h *at pleasure the Government see 

him trice the initiative in this all important matter; his great office. 

the pacific traditions of your Republic, and his own high personal 

qualifications invest his act with a personal appropriateness, which 

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must be universally felt and recognized. 

"The peace and welfare of the world have long teen a chronic 

object of solicitude to the Japanese Government and people. That 
attitude has not remained a platonic policy — it has oeen followed 
out in action. It results naturally from this pacific attitude to¬ 
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welcome ‘he idea of the limitation of armaments, and she removal 
of the deadening burden on industry and cultural development which 
swollen and competitive armament create. 

’This Government is also completely sympathetic to the valuable 
suggestion advanced in your note, that it may well be desirable that 
the use of novel agencies of warfare should be controlled. 

"The discussion and removal of any causes of misunderstanding 

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which rimy exist, and the arrival at an eventual agreement with regard 
to general principles and their application which will ensure friend¬ 
ship and good mutual understanding between the nations, are regarded 
as of great value and importance. My Government vvould emphasize the 
preeminently vital interest which Japan has in the preservation of 
the peace of the Pacific and the Far East. She ha 3 devoted her ut¬ 
most efforts towards securing its permanence and its maintenance 
mi & ht well be to her a matter of prime concern. She therefore, 
finds it accord entirely with her inmost desires, to reach in con¬ 
ference a measure of understanding which shall ensure peace being 
placed once for all upon permanent basis in these regions. It is 
earnestly hoped, therefore, in Japan, that the conference will secure 
really useful results and prove a practical success. 

M Tho Japanese Government gladly concur in the proposal of the 
United States Government that the scope of the discussion of Pacific 
and Far Eastern problems shall be made the subjects for a free ex¬ 
change of views prior to the assembly of the conference. They hope 
that the agenda, of the conference will in this way be arranged in 
harmony with the suggestion made in the memorandum of the Japanese 
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of July 26, 1921, bearing on the same 
subject, in order that the labors of the conference may meet speedily 


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FOR THE PRESS: 


August 26, 1921, 


■g-Q-nfer ence on Limitation of Armorr . 

Senor Don Beltran llathieu, Ambassador of Chile, Doan of the Latin- 


American diplomatic corps, and '/ice President of the Governing Board 

of the Pan-ilmerichn Union, sent the following latter today to the See 
retary of 3tat.e : 


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n It affords m© pleasure to inform Your Excellency that my honorable 
colleagues of the Pan-American Union hare authorized me to write to 
Your Exaeilency and let you know that they would be very glad if Your 
Excellency will Ufee the building in which the Union has its headquarters 

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to hoxd there the meetings df the i’of'fahdbmihg ddhference on the Limita¬ 
tion of Armament, provided that Your Excellency should find it suitable 
for the purpt se, 

M In making this offer, the members of the Union believe that the 
Government of the United States, in calling this Conference, has in¬ 
terpreted an aspiration cojrmon to all the Republics of the American 
Continent and that its success — which they ardently hope for — will 
correspond not only to the economic interests but also (which is more 

important) to the high moral principles that have inspired it and which 
they strongly endorse.” 


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the secratary of State today sent the following answer to the 
letter of the Chilean Ambassador: 

"I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of 
August 26th offering on behalf of Your Excellency and your honorable 
colleagues of the Pan-American Union, the use in connection with the 




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of the foVtlioonjing Conference on the Limitation of armament 
of the building in which the Union ha A it 3 headquarters. Permit me to 
assure you that this offer is most veloome and it gives me the greatest 
pleasure to accept it on behalf of this Government. 

'hot- only is this building admirably adapted for this purpose, but 
the sentiment which has inspired this generous proposal cannot fail 
to meet with the most cordial response from all our people. It must 
be recognized that the republics of this continent have a deep interest 
in the success of this effort to lighten the burdens of armament and to 
secure, through a better understanding among the nations, the main¬ 
tenance of peace and of the essential conditions of our common pros¬ 
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accept, L^cellency, for youiveli and for your honorable colleagues 

of the Pan-American Union, my most hearty appreciation of this generous 

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September let, 1921* 


The Department Of State today received word from the American 
Ambassador S.t home that the Italian Government had expressed its 
acceptance of tne formal invitation to participate on a Conference 02 a 
the Limitation of armament * in connection with which- Pacific and par 
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FOR THE PRESS September 19, 1921 (1) 

Conference on L i mitation of Armament 

The American Legation at Peking received recently from an 
agent of the so-called Far Eastern Republic a request that representa¬ 
tives thereof should be admitted to the approaching conference on 
limitation bf armament, at which questions affecting the Far East will 
also be disbussed. 

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As the so-called Far Eastern Republic has not been recognized 
by the Government of the United States, nor by the othdr governments 
of the world, no formal reply has been made to this communication, but 
thd American Minister at Peking has been instructed to convey to the 
agent of the Far Eastern Republic informal observations in the follow¬ 
ing sense*. 

In the atsenoe of a single, recognized RUsfiihn Government the 
protection of legitimate Russian interests must devolve as h moral 
trusteeship upon the whole Conference. It is regrettable that the 
Conference, for reasons quite beyond the control of the participating 
Powers, is to be deprived of the advantage of Russian cooperation in 
its deliberations, but it is not to be conceived that the Conference 
will take decisions prejudicial to legitimate Russian interests or which 
would in any manner violate Russian rights* It is the hope and ex¬ 
pectation of the Government of the United $tates that the Conference 

will establish general principles of international action which will 
deserve and have the support of the people of Eastern Siberia and of all 
Russia by reason of their justice and efficacy in the settlement of 
outstanding difficulties. 


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Conference on Limitation of Armament . 

Inasmuch as the published statement of the tentative suggestions of 
.the agenda for the Conference on the Limitation of Armament is inaccurate 
in soffle particulars, a corrected statement is appended. 


"LIMITATION OF APPARENT . 

One. Limitation of Naval Armament, under which shall be discussed 


(a) Basis of limitation 


(b) Extent 


(c) Fulfillment. 


Tv,-'. Rules for control of new agencies of warfare. 
Three.Linctation of land armament. 



Jn . Questions relating to Chine. 

First: Principles to be applied. 

Second: Application. 

Subjects: (a) Territorial integrity 


(b) Administrative integrity 

(c) O^en Do:r,—equality of commercial and 
industrial opportunity. 

(d) Concisions, monopolies or preferential 
economic privileges. 

(e) Development of railways, including 
plans relating to Chinese Eastern Railway 

(f) Preferential railroad rates. 

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Three. Mandated Islands. 

(unless questions earlier settled) 

Electrical Corrmunications in the Pacific. 

"linger t»« heading of 'Status ,t Existing Commitments' it is 
expected that opportunity will be afforded to consider and to reach 
an understanding with respect to unsettled questions involving tue 
nature and scope of commitments under which claims of rights may 


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FOR iHE PRESS: September 29, 1921. 

Conference for the Limitation of Armament. 


The Department of State is informed that the principal delegates 
of Japan at the Conference for the Limitation of Armament will be as 
follows: 


Prince Iyesato Tokugawa, President of the House of Peers; 
'/ice Admiral Tomosaburo Kato, Minister of Marine; 

Baron Kijuro Shidehara, Ambassador at Washington. 









DEPARTMENT OF STATE 


FOR THE PRESS: September 30, 1921. (l) 

Japan . 

The Department is informed telegraphically from Tokio that the 
personnel of the staff accompanying the principal delegates of Japan to 
the Conference for the Limitation of Armament has been officially announced 
as follows: 

Sennosuke Yokota, Director of the Legislative Bureau; 

ikasanao Hanihara, Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs; 

Tsuneo Latsudaira, Director of the European and American, 

Bureau, Foreign Office; 

Kiroku Hayashi, Councillor of the Foreign Office; 

Toru Takao, Consul General; 

Secretaries of the Foreign Office: 

Eiichi Kimura, 

Yotaro Sugimura, 

Shuichi Sako, 

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Eiji Amau, 

Yoshio Iwate, 

Tohhio Shiratori, 

Eiji Kishida, 

Isa^ o Gomyo, 

Hirofumi Terajima. 


Translators: 

Tsunetaro Yamamoto, 

Tsuneo Yoniyama, 

Chuichiro Harada 
Jotaro Takayanagi. 

Chancellors: 

Yokichi Okajima, 

Thur uya Tamaki. 

Special appointees of the Foreign Office: 

Sakutaro Tate, 

Eigo Fukai, 

Katsuji Inahara, 

Secretaries of the Department of Finance: 

Tsunetaka Komuchi, 

Takeo Kawagoe. 













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Yutaro Tomita, Secretary, Department of Finance, 
and Secretary, Foreign Office. 

Major General Kunishike Tanaka, 

Lieutenant Colonel of Artillery Noboru Morita, 
Major Kanichiro Tashiro, Infantry, 

Major of Infantry Tanehide Furujo, 

Major of Infantry Kanichi Nishihara, 

Captain of Artillery Takamasu ^seki, 

Kanichiro Morishima, Surgeon. 

Vice Admiral Kar.ji Kato, 

Captain Katsuroshin Yamanashi, 

Captain Nobumasa Suetsugu, 

Captain Yoshi Takeueda, 

Captain Kichisaburo Nomura, 

Commander Teikichi Hori, 

Lieutenant Commander Akira Kuragana, 

Lieutanant Torao Kuwabara, 

Engineer Lieutenant Yoshihiko Mito, 

Paymaster lieutenant Commander Daisuke Takei, 
Naval Constructor Kasushi Taji, 

Juji Enomoto, Councillor of Navy Department. 






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October 4, 1921 (1) 

The Secretary of state, on behalf of the President, today sent formal 
invitations to Belgium, The Netherlands and Portugal to participate in the 
cUoSion of pacific and tar Eastern questions in connection with the Con¬ 
ference for the Limitation of Armament, to be held in Washington on the 11th 


day of November, 1921. 

The invitations were cabled by the Secretary of State to our Embassy 
at B* us ..els and to our Legations at The Hague and Lisbon for delivery in 
each case to the Foreign Office of the respective Governments. 

The text 01 che invitation is as follows, the only difference being 
in the name of the Government: 


"The invitation of the President of the United States to the 
Governments ef France, Great Britain. Italy and Japan to send repre¬ 
sentatives to a Conference to be held in the City of Washington on 
November 11, 1921, on the subject of Limitation of Armaments, in con¬ 
nection with which Pacific and Far Eastern questions will also be dis¬ 
cussed, has been graciously accepted. The Government of China has 
also been pleased to accept the President's invitation to participate 
in the discussion of Pacific and Far Eastern questions. 

"It is the earnest wish of this Government that with the facilities 
afforded by a Conference it may be possible to find a solution of 
Pacific and Far Eastern problems, by a practical effort to reach such 
common understandings with respect to matters which have been and are 

of international concern as may serve to promote enduring friendship. 

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"In view of the interest of Belgium in the Far East, the President 

desires to invite your Excellency's Government to participate in the 

discussion of Pacific and Far Eastern questions at the Conference, and 
I have the honor to enclose herewith the tentative suggestions as to 




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questions, proposed by the Governnent of the United States." 

The tentative suggestions as to the agenda of the Conference, insolar 
s related to Pacific and Far Eastern questions,accompanied the invita- 
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DBPLRTL5BNT 0? STATS. 


FOR THE PRESS 


October 10, 1921 (3', 


Japan- 

Official announcement -was made at Tokyo today of the following additional 
appointments to the staff of the Japanese Delegation: 

Shinichiro Llatsmnura, Councillor Legislative Bureau;. 

Katsji Bebuchi, Counselor of Embassy. 

Sadqao Saburi, Counselor of Enr K assy. 

Yotaro Suzuki, First Secretary of Embassy. 

Hachiro Arita, First Secretary of Embassy. 

Hiroshi Saito, Consul. 

Shigeru Kuriyama, Second Secretary of Embassy, 
iflasaharu Shibatsu, ) 

Renzo Sawada, ) 

Itaro Ishii, ) 

Shu Tomii, ) 

Shoichi Kakayama, ) Third Secretaries of Embassy- 

Takanobu Mitsuya, ) 

Canzo Shiosaki, ) 

Tadakazu Ohashi, | 

Tatsuo Kanobu Kawai, | 

Henkei Tsuda, * 

Morindo Uorishima, Attache. 

Akira Omi, Attache. 

Hoshiaki Miura, Secretary, Foreign Office. 

Takero Ishii, Telegraphist. 

Joshiro Sugiyama, Consular Assistant. 

Issaku Okamoto, Chancellor. 

Sawaji Ctake, Llajor General. 

Hatsutaro Haraguchi, Uajor General. 

Uaruj i Tatekawa, Itevvfceiyinfcrtfdlonel, Cavalry. 

Tsunenari Hara, Kajor, Cavalry. 

Harumi Uizuno, Naval Captain. 

Oasaharu Hibino, Naval Captain. 

Masabaru Kojima, Surgeon. 

Tadashi Negishi, Instructor Tokyo University of Commerce - 
Toyoki Nagakawa, Secretary Department Communications. 

Kiyoshi Kanai, Councillor Railway Bureau. 

Baron Nnibu Kanda, Ifember House of Peers. 

Llasunosuke Odagiri, Director Yokohama Specie Bank. 

Yasuji Seko, Secretary House of Peers. 

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^ P J 2 f - § re nce for the Limitation of Armament . 

Ihe Department of State today received, through the American Minister 
Lisbon, the acceptance of the Portuguese Government of the invitation 
to participate in the discussion of Pacific and Fa’* Eastern questions 
in connection with tne Conference for the Limitation of Armament to be 


hold in ‘/ashington beginning the eleventh day cf November 1921. 





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FOR THE PRESS. 

Coriferencs_ far the Limitation of Armamen t. 


October 13, 1921 (2) 


The Department of State v/as informed today by Mr. Mark Sheldon, 
Commissioner for Australia in the United States, that the Hon. George 
•rosier I ear oe, canister of Defense and Senator for Western Australia, 
in the federal Parliament, sailed for Vancouver today from Australia 
in the S.S. NIAGARA, as Australian representative on the British del¬ 
egation to the Conference for the Limitation of Armament. 


Mr. Pearce is expected to arrive at Vancouver about November 3rd. 
He will be accompanied by Mr. G. 3. Knowles, Assistant Parliamentary 
Draftsman in the Solicitor General's Office of the Attorney General's 

the office of the Prime 
md Mr. Douglas H. Reid, 


Department; Major E. L. Please , who is in 
Minister in charge of Pacific questions, c 


Secretary to Major Pearce. 


LIr. Pearce has been a member of the Commonwealth Parliament cf 
Australia since 1901. He was Minister for Defense in 1908 and 1909, 
1910 - 1913, and since 1914. In 1916 he was Acting Foreign Minister, 
Mr. Pearce is a close personal friend and associate of Lr. ?/. £. Hughes 
Prime Minister of Australia. 

Mr. Knowles is the second officer in the Solicitor General's 
Office the Federal Government. He has actsd/* as legal expert among 
the Australian representation to the League of Nations. 

Major Piesse v/as Chief Intelligence Officer of the Federal Govern¬ 
ment in Australia during the war. He is coming with Hr. Pearce in 
the capacity of expert on Pacific questions. 

LIr. Douglas K. Reid is a son of Sir George Reid, 

Minister of Australia. 


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DEPARTMENT 0? STATS 


FOR THE PRESS: ‘ October 14, 1921. (l) 

Conference for the Limitation of Armament . 

By arrangement with the Department of State, the Standing Committee 
of Correspondents of Washington will receive and pass upon all applica¬ 
tions of Doth American and foreign correspondents for credentials 
insofar a3 access to the American section of the Conference for the 
Limitation of Armament is concerned. Newspapers and press associations 
should send at oncu to Robert Barry, Chairman, ‘Standing Committee of 
Correspondents, Press Gallery, Unixed States Senate, Washington, D. C., 
applications for credentials, stating names of correspondents and news¬ 
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FOR THh PRESS. October 15, 3 921 (2, 

Conference for the Limitation of Armament. 

The Department of State was informed today by the French .Embassy at- 
Yi/ashington that the French Delegates to the Conference for the Limitation 
of Armament will be; 


M. Aristide Briand, 

LI. Rene Vivian!, 

II. Albert Sarraut, and 
H. Jules Jusserand. 

The Secretary General of the French Delegation will be M* Philippe 
Berthelot, and the Assistant Secretary General will be IS. Massigli- 


M. Aristide Eriand is Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs 

of France. 

M. Rene Viviani is a former Prime Minister. 

K* Albert Sarraut is Minister of Colonies. 

M. Jusserand has been Ambassador bf France at Y/ashington f©r many 

years. 

I!- Philippe Berthelot is Secretary General of the French Foreign 

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POR THE PK233* • October 17, 1921 (2} 

Confe r ence f»r t he Limitat io n of Arm ament t 

The Department of State today received,through the African Minister 
at The Hague. the acceptance of the Netherlands Government of the invita¬ 
tion to participate in the discussion of Pacific and Par Eastern question.- 
in connection with the Conference ftr the Limitation of Armament to be 
hold in Washington beginning the 11th day of November, 1921. 

The acceptance of the Netherlands was conveyed in a communication 
from the Minister of Foreign Affairs, dated October 15th, in which, in 
.‘ccapting the invitation of the President, he expressed the high appr id-:- 
tion of his Government and added that the Government of the Queen 
associated itself very sincerely in the wish th§t the conference c3lleo 
by the happy initiative of the President would be the occasion to reach 
an understanding on the problems of the Pacific and of the Par East 
and to regulate these questions in a manner to encourage a decided friend¬ 
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October 18, 192i. { .l) 


Conference for the Limitation of Armament . 

The Department of State has v een informed through the French Embassy 

at Washington that the following officials will accompany the principal 

French delegates to tht Conference for the Limitation of Armament. 

M. Camerlynck ) French 

M. Denaint ) interpreters. 


Principal Technical Experts: 

General Buat, for military questions; 

Admiral Delon, for naval questions; 

M. Fromageot, for le-cnl questions; 

M. Kammerer ) for political 
M. Leger ) questions; 

M. Casenave ) for financial and 

M. Cheysson ) economic questions; 

M. Duchesne, for colonial questions; 

M. Girardeau, for questions concerning caole end raeio 
communications; 

M. Ponsot ) for the 

«£. Corbin ) press. 

It is stated that the presence of Marshal Foch in the United states 
it the time of the conference will permit of ftis advice on the subject 


of Limitation of armament. 











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FOR THE PRESS. October 18, 1921 (2) 

Great Britain . 

The Department of State was informed today through the British Embassy 
at Washington that the British Delegation to the forthcoming Conference for * 
the Limitation of Armament will be composed as follows: 


The Right Honourable David Lloyd George, 0. M. 

Prime Minister and First Lord of the Treasury; 

T he Right Honourable Arthur J. Balfour, 0. M., 

Lord President of the Council; 

The Right Honourable The Lord Lee of Fareham, G-B.E., K.C.B. 
First Lord of the Admiralty; 

Sir Robert Borden, G.C-M.G., K.C., M.P.* former Prime 
Minister of Canada, for Canada; 

Senator The Honourable George F. Pearce, J. P., 

Australian Minister for Defense, for Australia; 

Mr. V. S. Srinivasa Sastri, Member of the Vice-P.egal 
Council of the Government of India, for India; 

Sir J . vV. Salmond, Judge &f the Supreme Court of 
New Zealand, for New Zealand. 

The Right Honourable Sir Auckland Geddes, K.C.B-, the British 
Ambassador at Washington,will act as a delegate in the 
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FOR THE PRESS: 


DEPARTMENT OF STATE 


October 19, 1921. (2) 

erence — for the Limitation of .Artnament . 

The Department of Staie today received, through the American 

Sm^assador at Brussels, the acceptance of the Belgian Government uf the 

invitation to participate in the discussion of Pacific and Far Eastern 

questions in connection with the Conference for the Limitation of 

armament to be held in Washington beginning the eleventh day of November 
1921. 

The Belgian Government, in accepting, expressed its appreciation of 
tru. 1 "vi-jation of the American Government. 




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THE PRESS. October 21, 1921 (3'; 

China . 

The Department ©f State is informed telegraphically from Peking 
that the personnel of the Chinese delegation which will participate in 
the discussion of Pacific and Far Eastern questions, in connection wjt u 
the Conference for the Limitation of Armament, will be as follows: 

Prinoipal De1egate s: 

Dr. S. Alfred Sze, Minister to the United States; 

V. K. Wellington Koo, Minister to Great Britain; 

/ang Chung-hui, Chief Justice of Supreme Court; 

0. C. Wu, son of Wu Ting-fang, fermer Minister to the 
United States. 

It i3 stated that the acceptance of Mr. Wa has. not yet been 
received. 

Superior Advisers: 

Chsw Tsu-ch’i, recently Minister of Finance; 

M. T. Liang, ex-Minister of Foreign Affairs- 


Advisers: 


Admiral Tsai Ting-kan, Associated Director of the Revenue 
Council. 

Hwang Fu, Adviser in the President’s Office; <■ 

Wang Hsia- t iui, Secretary of Bureau of Engraving and Printing 
of the Cabinet; 

Le Wen-kan, Vice.director © f Law Codification 3ureau, f*rire~ 
Chief of Peking Procurators Court; 

Dr. p. C. King, President ©f Tsing Hua College; 

Tang En-liang, Chief of Bureau of Reads and waterways. 
Shantung; 

Hsu Hsu-jan. clerk. Bureau of Foreign Affairs. Tsinan. 


Counselors. 


Liu Yen, Ex-Secretary of the Cabinet; 











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Chung Wen-yao, Directorate of Shanghai Mint; 

Hsu Tung-fan, Secretary in the Foreign Office and 
Shantung Governments Office; 

Wu Nan-ju, editor of the newspaper NEW SOCIETY; 

Wang Ta-chen, translator in the Foreign Office; 

Yang Tien-chi, Secretary in the Ministry of Finance. 

Chief Secretary of the Delegation: 

Philip Tyau, recently Senior Counsellor of Foreign Office., 
now Minister to Cuba. 

Assistant Chief Secretary: 

Sao Yun-Hsiang, Counsellor of Foreign Office. 


Military Members of Delegation: 

Lieutenant General Lee Chung-lo, Chief of the Department of 
Operations in the Y/ar Department; 

Colonel Chen Ting-chia, Counsellor in War Department. 


Naval Members of Delegation (in addition to Admiral Tsai abwve mentioned) 

Admiral Lee Ching-Hsi, Chief of the Department of Naval 
Education, acting as Naval Technical Delegate. 

Honorary Advisers: 


Ho Hsiao-sheng and V/an Shih-chen. 


















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FOR THE PRESS: October 22, 1921. U) 

Japan . - .Confe rence for t he Limitati on of Armam ent . 

The first contingent of the Japanese delegation to the Conference 
for the Limitation of Armament will arrive at the Union Station on Sun¬ 
day, October 23 at 4:20 P.L. They will be met at the station by the 
Honorable Robert Woods Bliss, Third .Assistant Secretary of State, on 
behalf of the Government of the United States and the State Department, 
i.r. Bliss will be accompanied by hr. Richard Southgate, Mr. Hugh Millard 
and hr. Charles L. Cooke, also of the State Department. 

The Navy will be represented by Admiral Robert E. Coontz, Captain 
Hayne Ellis, Captain Luke he Naim e and Lieut. Commander H. V. Hill. 

The Army will be represented uy Brigadier General Andre W. Brewster 
and major Karl F. Baldwin. 

accompanying the Japanese Delegation will ba Colonel Benj. Alvord, 
U.S.A., and Commander Earl n. Shipp, U.S.Ih 

The party will proceed, with cavalry escort, to the Snorenam Hotel 
where they will remain during their stay in the Capital. 

The personnel of the Japanese contingent is as follows: 

SHOREHAK HOTEL 


NAVAL OFFICERS 

Vice Admiral K* Kato 
Captain K. Yamanashi 
Captain N* Suyetsugu 
Captain Y. Uyeda 
Commander T. Hori 
Lieut. Commander A. Kuragano 
Clerk K . Shima . 


ARMY OFFICERS 


Lajor General K. Tanaka 
^ajor K. Tashiro 
major T. Furushiro 
Clerk T. Kaizuka 
Clerk T. Furusav/a. 

PQLHaTAN HOTEL 


ArU..Y OFFICERS 


Lieutenant Colonel S. horita, I.J.A. 
Lajor K. Nishihara 















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1st Lioutenant T. uuwahara 
1st Lieutenant Y. kito 
1st Lieutenant Watanabe 
1st Lieutenant K. kor.shima 
Paymaster D. Take! 

CWk ?. Ono 
Clerk T. Komatsu. 

POKLIGN OFFICE 




secretary S. Gomyo 

Secretary - translator C. Harada 

Secretary Y. Okajima 

Secretary T. Tamaki 

Secretary K. Inabara 

Clerk T. Koori 

Clerk 3. Tanaka 

Clerk T. Takaoka 

Chancellor B. Sa/.urai 

Chancellor 3. Kobayashi 

Student translator Y- Kimura 

Student translator lw. Nakatani. 



















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FCR THE PRESS. October 25, 1921 tl) 

Conference on the ;L imitation o f Armament . 


The Department of State ha? received, though the Netherlands Legation 
at Washington, the following tentative list of the Netherland delegates who 
will participate in the discussion of Pacific and Far Eastern questions in 
connection with the Conference on the Limitation of Armament. 

Delegates 

Jonkheer H. A. van Karnebeek, Minister of Foreign Affairs; 

Jonkheer F. Beelaerts van Blokland, Chief of the Political Division 

of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs; 

Dr. E. Meresco, Secretary-General of the Ministry for the Colonies, 

appointed Vice-President of the Council of the 
Netherland East Indies. 


Alternate Delegates : 

Dr. J. C. A. Everwijn, Netherland Minister in Washington; 
Jonkheer W- H. deBeaufort, Counselor tf Legation, ^Washington, 

appointed Minister to Greece. 


Technical Advisers: 

Jonkheer 0. Six, Chief of Division of the Ministry lor the 

Colonies; 

Mr. van Wettum, Former Chief of the Opium Monopoly Service in the 

Dutch East Indies, Late President of the Advisory 
Committee bi the Council of the League of Nations 
on the epium problem; 

Mr. de Kat Angelino, Adviser for Chinese Affairs of the Dutch 

East Indian Government; 

G. J. V*'. Futnan Cramer, Capitaine de Fregat.e, lioyal Netherland 

Navy. 


Secretaries : 

Jonkheer M. van Haersma de With, Counselor of Legation; 
Jonkheer A. Tjarda van Starkenborgh, Secretary of Legation; 
Jonkheer C. van Braugel Douglas, Attache of Legation. 


The Delegation will be accompanied by Mir. Pelt, who will be in charge 
of all press matters. 









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FOR THE PRESS: October 26, 1921. 

Belgium. 

The Department of State has received, through the Belgian Embassy 
at bashington, the following tentative list of the Belgian Delegation 
which will participate in the discussion of Facific and Far Eastern 
questions in connection with the Conference on the Limitation of Armament 

Baron de Cartier de Marchienne, Ambassador at Washington, has been 
named one of the principal delegates of Belgium. 

The technical counselors will be: 

Li. Felicien Cattier, 

U. Jules J ad ot, 

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FOR THE PRESS. October 27, 1921 (1) 

Conference on the Limitation of Armament. 


The Department of State has been informed through the Italian 
Embassy at Washington that the following is a tentative list of the 
Italian Delegation to the Conference on the Limitation of Armament; 


Delegates : 

His Excellency Carlo Schanzer, ex-kinister of the Treasury, 

Chairman; 

His Excellency Vittorio Aolandi Ricci, Italian Ambassador 

to the United States; 

His Excellency Filippo Meda, ex-1,linister of the Treasury; 
Senator Luigi Albertini. 

Exp erts • from the vari o us Min is trie s 

General Vaccari, Chief of Staff, Bcyal Army; 

Admiral Acton, Chief of Staff of the Navy; 

Marquis Visconti Venosta and K the Ministry s)f Forei gn Affai 
Mr. Pcgliano ) 

Commander Ruspoli for the Ministry of the Navy; 

Mr. Catastini for the Ministry of Colonies; 

Mr. Gidoni for the Bank of Italy, 

Mr. Pora ) 

Mr. Giannini } 


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FOR THE PRESSt October 28, lV&L. 

Information concerning arrangemepts for the Press at the Union 
Station upon the arrival of the several delegations to the Conference 
on the Limitation of Armament. 


Delegates to the Conference will, after leaving their trains, pro¬ 
ceed to the President’s room at the Union Station, passing from the train 
sheds through one of the gates opposite the President's room. Crossing 
the concourse they will pass through a roped lane. The public will be 
permitted access to the concourse West of this passage, while the space 
East thereof will be reserved for the press. All delegates will be met 
by an official party when they descend from trains. At this point it 
will be possible to have present representatives of the press associations 
only, one for each .organization. The same rule will apply to representa¬ 
tives of the press in the President's room — press association repre¬ 
sentatives only. 

Police passes which will admit press representatives to the enclosure 
provided for them will be available prior to each arrival at the Division 
of Current Information, Department of State. Separate tickets will be 
issued for each occasion and only to properly authorized representatives 
of the press. Correspondents are advised to proceed to the East end of 
the Union Station by a route outside of the building as there will be 
difficulty getting through the lines inside the concourse. 

PHOTOGRAPHERS . 

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Photographers will not be permitted inside the Union Station, but 
will assemble outside the President's entrance. One camera-man, selected 
by the corps of photographers, under agreement to give copies of his 
pictures to all others, will be allowed in the train shed to photograph 
the arrival of the delegates at that point. There will be no posed pic¬ 
ture here. This photographer will have a special letter of identification 
issued by the Division of Current Information for each arrival. The 
Division should be notified of the selection of each photographer the day 
before the arrival of delegates he is expected to cover. This photogra¬ 
pher will be allowed to rejoin the group of photographers outside the 
station after he has finished his work in the train shed. Cards of 
identification for all photographers will be available at the Division 
of Current Information, Department of State, October 31. 

LOTION PICTURES . 

Lotion picture operators will be subject to the same rules as 
photographers. One operator only will be permitted in the train shed, 
unde^agreement to give prints to all other motion picture organizations 
concerned. He may rejoin operators outside the Station. Cards of 
identification will be available at the Division of Current Information, 
Department of State, on October 31. 





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FOE THE PRESS. 


October 29, 1921, 


China . 

A large contingent of the Chinese Delegation which will participate" 
in the discussion of Pacific and Far Eastern questions in connection with 
the Conference on the Limitation of Armament, will arrive at the Union 
station m Washington at 4:20 P.M. , on Sunday, October 30, coming on a 
special train from San Francisco. 

The leading member of this party is Hr. Liang Ju-Hao (better known 
as M. T. Liang}. Another important member is Vice Admiral Tsai Ting-Kan 
who is accompanied by Hr. Lo Wen-kan and Mr. Chung Mun-yew, Counsellor to 
the Chinese Delegation. 

The party will be met at the station by the Honorable Robert Woods 
Bliss, Third Assistant Secretary of State, on behalf of the United States 
Government and the State Department. He will be accompanied by Mr. 

Charles Lee Cooke, Mr. Richard Southgate, and Mr. Hugh Millard, also of 
the State Department. 


Rear Admiral 0. S. Williams, accompanied by Captain Luke McNamee and 
Commander Galbraith, will represent the Navy. Brigadier General 
Brewster and Major Eichelberger will represent the Army. Accompanying 
the Chinese Delegation from San Francisco will be Colonel John B. McDonald 


of the Army and Lieutenant Commander W. D. Taylor of the Navy. 

Tne party will proceed from the Station with Cavalry escort to the 
Chinese Legation where Mr. Liang will reside. Vice Admiral Tsai will 
reside during the Conference at 2315 Massachusetts Avenue. The other 
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FOn THS PRESS: October 31, 1921. 

The police passes admitting representatives of the press to the 
enclosure reserved for them at the Union Station upon the occasions of 
the arrivals of delegates to the Conference on the Limitation of 
nrmament will be availrble at the Division of Current Information 
at 10.00 a.Bs., November 1, 1921. A PASS WILL BE ISSUED FOR EACH'DAY 
AND WILL BE GOOD FOR THAT DAY ONLY. 












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FOR THE PRESS: r 

.Conference on th e Limitation of Armament . 

The following will be the Technical Staff of 
to the Conference on the Limitation of Armament: 


November 1, 1921. (l) 


the American Delegation 


General 


J ohn Van A. kacliurray 

D. C. Poole 

Professor E. T. Williams 

J . Butler Wright 
Leland Harrison 
Edward Bell 

Professor G.H.Blakeslee 
W. S.' Rogers 
Nelson T. Johnson 

E. L. Neville 
S. W. Stratton 

J. H. Dillinger 
Professor Edgar F. Smith 
Wm. S. Culbertson 
Frederick K. Nielsen 
Chandler P. Anderson 
J. Reuben Clark, 
Professor Geo.G.Wilson 


Chief, Division of Far Eastern Affairs, 
Department of State. 

Chief, Division of Russian Affairs, 

Department of State. 

former Chief, Division of Far Eastern Affairs, 
Department of State. 

Counselor of Embassy. 

Counselor of Embassy. 

Counselor of Embassy. 

Clark University. 

Department cf State. 

Department of State. 

Department of State. 

Director, Bureau of Standards, 

Department of Commerce. 

Department of Commerce. 

University of Pennsylvania. 

United States Tariff Commission. 

Solicitor, Department of State. f 

Former Counselor, Department of State. 

Former Solicitor, Department of State. 

Harvard University. 


For the -Array 


Laj or General James G. Harbord. 
Major General George 0. Squier. 

or General C. C. Williams. 
Brigadier General William Litchell. 
Brigadier General Amos A. Fries. 
Colonel John LcA. Palmer. 

Colonel B. H. Wells. 

Lieut. Colonel Stuart Heintzelman. 
Louis Cohen. 


-- For the Navy — 


Admiral Robert E. Coontz. 

Rear Admiral William A. uoffett. 
Captain William V. Pratt. 

Captain Frank H. Schofield. 
Captain Luke Lie Name e\ "• 

Captain Samuel W. Bryant. 

L. W. Austin. 



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November 2, 1921 (1). 

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For the Press. 

the Limitat ion cf A rmame nt, 

Twd cf the principal delegates of Japan, accompanied by a 
party ef advisers and experts, will arrive at Uttion Station this afternoon 
at 4:30 p„ m 3 The delegates arriving are Admiral Tomocabu.rs Kato, 
Minister of Marine, and Prince Iyesato Tokagawa, President of the House 
ef Peers. 

The delegation will he received at the Union Station by 

the Secretary of State, accompanied by Mr. Robert Woods Bliss, Third 

Assistant Secretary of State, Mr. Richard Southgate, Mr. Hugh Millard, and 

Mr. Charles L. Cooke, all of the Department of States and by the Secretary 

of the Navy, accompanied by Captain D. F. Sellers (aide) , Admiral Robert 

E. Coontz, Lieutenant-Commander H. W. Hill (aide) , Captain Luke McNamee, 

and Commander W. W. Galbraith. The Army will be represented by 

and 

Brigadier-General A. W. Brewster,/Major Karl F, .Baldwin, 

The delegates and their party will be escorted to their 
hotel by an escort of cavalry. 

She delggation is accompanied on the train by Col. Joseph 
D. Leitch, representing the Army, and Captain Harlan P. Perrill, repres¬ 
enting the Navy. 

The members of the Japanese party, in addition to the 
principal delegates, are as follows: 







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Mr. S. Jokota, President of the Bureau of Legislation; 
l!r. Matsanao Hanihara, Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs- 
Baron Kanda; 

^ r * Shi^ichiro Matsvmura, Councillor cf Legislative Bureau; 

l£r. Tsuneo Matsudalra, Director of European and American Bureau, Foreign 

Office; 

Mr. Kiroku Hayashi, Councillor of the Foreign Office- 
Mr. Toru Takawo, Consul-General; 

Major l 70 ki, I. j. a,; 

Captain Kojima, I. J. n. ; 

Captain Nomura, I. J. N.; 

Lieut. Oomffiunder Kuragano, I. J. N. 


Mr. Kanai, 

Mr. H. Saito, 
Mr. Osagawa, 

Mr. Sa Ko, 

Mr. Ghta, 

Mr. Sakai, 

Mr. Kidzushinja 
Mr. Oka. 


Mr. E, Amoh, 

Mr. Y. Iwate, 

Mr. T. Shiratori 
Mr- Yonoya-na, 

Mr. iwagami, 

Mr. Yamasaki. 














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FOB THE PRESS. 


November 4, 1921 


^2Slg£SSSS-S^^_Mai*:atj.on of Ainamont 


A RRIVE S. 


“ ,e fc:icv;ir ^ ia a liat of forthcoming arrivals of delegates to the 
Conference on the limitation of Armament as far as now known- 


Nove nbor 5. 1921. 


Carad pan. 


(Delegate) 


SIJ’ Robert Borden, G.O.U.S., K.C., E.p., former Prime 

Minister of Canada* 

Mr. Lor mg C.'hr:..stie, Legal Adviser to the Department of 

External Affairs* 


British. 


(Delegate) 


(Delegate) 


The Rt. Hon. The Lord Lee of Fareham, (J.B.E., K.C.B., 

First Lord of the Admiralty; 

The Honorable V. S. Srinivasa Sastri, Member of the 

Council of the Government of India; 

Rear Admiral Sir Alfred Ernie Chatfield, K.C-M.G., C.B., 

o.v.o. 


November 6. 1921. 


Italian* 

(Expert) 

(Expert) 


General Paccari, Chief of Staff of Italian armies; 
Admiral Acton, Head of General Staff of Navy. 


Netherland. 


(Delegate) Jonkheer H. A. van Karnelreek, M.lnj ster of Foreign Affairs 


(Delegate) 


Jonkheer P. Beelaerts van Blokland, Chief of the Political 

Division of the. Ministry of Foreign 
Affairs; 

Dr. E. Moresco, Secretary-General of the Ministry for the 

Colonies, appointed Vice-President of 

the Council cf the Nether land East 
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French. 


(Delegate) M. Aristide Briand, President of the Council, Minister 

of Foreign Axfairs; 

(n^-.egs.ue) L. Bene Yhviani, Deputy, former President of the Council 
(Delegate) L. .-linert Sarraut, Senator, Minister of the Colonies; 

A 

Jf. Ph.’.l.i.ppe Berthelot, Secretary General to the Delega¬ 
tion; 

, . General Boat, Chief ef General Staff; 

Admiral de Bon. 


P ort uguese. 


(Delegate) Mr. Ernesto de Vascondellos; 
Hr, J. Mnutalt?. 


November 10. 1921. 


Brit?eh. 


(Delegate) 


Toe B.i. Hon. Arthur J. Balfour, 0»M., Lord President 
of the Council; 

The Rt. Hon, Sir John Jordan, ex-Minister to China; 

Sir Maurice Hardeey, Foreign Office, Secretary General 
of the British Delegation; 

Lieutenant General The Earl of Cavan; 

Commander Moore; 

i*ir Vice Marshal Higgins; 

Lieutenant Colonel Chacier. 


Austral:’an. 


(Delegate) Senator The Honorable George Poster Pearce, J.P., 

Australian Minister of Defence; 

Mr. George Shaw Knowles, M.A., , Chief Clerk 

Jttoroey General's Department and Assistant 
Solicitor General; 

Major Edmund Leolin Piesee, Director Foreign Section in 
. the prime Minister's Department for the 
Pacific. 


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Co nference on the Limit a tion of Armament. November 4, 1921.. (6) 

Three parties of the British Empire delegation to the Conference 
on the Limitation of Armament will arrive in Washington at the Union 
Station, to-morrow, Saturday, November 5th, at 4:35 p.m. They will be 
met at the station by Mr. Robert Woods Bliss, Third Assistant Secretary 
of State, accompanied by Mr. Richard Southgate, Mr. Hugh Millard, Mr. 
Charles L. Cooke, and Mr. Henry Suydam, all of the State Department; 
by the Secretary of the Navy, accompanied by Captain D. P. Sellers (aid?) , 
Admiral Robert E. Coontz, Lieutenant Commander H. W. Hill (Aide), and 
Captain Hayne Ellis; by Brigadier General A. W. Brewster and Colonel 
George S. Mitchell. in addition, the British Ambassador will be present 
accompanied by Major General H. X* Bethell, Military Attache, Captain 
S. R. Bailey, R. N., Naval Attache, Commander H. A. Brown, R.N., Mr. 

Henry G. Chilton, Mr. R. Leslie Cragie, Mr. Longhurst and Mr. Street. 

The personnel of the arriving contingents will be as follows: 

British Admiralty Party. 

Delegate: The Rt. Hon., The L^rd Lee of Fareham, G.B.S., K.C.B., 

First Lord of the Admiralty. 

Lady Lee. 

Rear Admiral, Sir A. E. Chatfield, K.C.M.&. , C.B., C.V.O. 
Lady Chatfield. 

CaptainB. E Domvile, O.M.G. 

Commander G. V. Rayment, O.B-E. 

Mr. A. C. Mill. 

Canadian Party . 

Delegate: The Rt. Hon. Sir Robert Borden, G.C.L1. G. , K.C., M.P. , 

Former Prime Minister of Canada. 

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Delegate: The Ht. Hon. Srinivasa Sastri. 

Mr. G. S. Bajpai, Secretary of the Indian Section. 
Mr. G. L. Corbett, Indian Civil Service. 

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IMPORTANT NOTICE TO THE PRESS- 
November 5th, 1921. 

It is absolutely necessary that newspaper correspondents who desire 
to apply for such press credentials aa are to be issued for the Con¬ 
ference on the Limitation of Armament, including seats for the opening 
session, place their applications, supported by proper credentials from 
their home offices, in the hands of the Standing Committee of Correspond¬ 
ents by the night of Tuesday, November 8th. Owing to the magnitude of 
the task of arranging for tickets to be issued, it will be impossible 
for the Committee to consider any applications after Tuesday. Applica¬ 
tions should be addressed to Robert Barry, Chairman, Standing Com¬ 
mittee of Correspondents, United States Senate, Washington, D. C. 







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FOR THE PRESS. 

Conference— on the Limitation of Armament . 


November 5, 1921 (l) 


. ^ Tne land Delegation which will participate in the discus¬ 

sions of Pacific and Far Eastern questions in connection with the Con¬ 
ference on the Limitation of Armament, will arrive in Washington at the 
onion Station to-morrow, Sunday, afternoon at 3:25 o’clock. The Dele¬ 
gation will be met at the station by the Secretary of State, accompanied 
Dy Mr. Richard Southgate, Mr. Henry Suydam, Mr. Charles L. Cooke, and 
i-r. Hugh Millard, all of the State Department; by Admiral Hobart F. 

Coontz, representing the Navy Department, accompanied by Lieutenant Comdr 
’ Kill (Aide), and Captain Hayne Ellis; by Brigadier General A. W. 
Brewster, representing the War Department, accompanied by Major Robert 
F. Hyatt. J 


The Netherland Delegation consists of the following: 

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Delegates: Jonkheer H. A. van Karnebeek, Minister of Foreign Affairs; 

Jonkheer F. Beeiaerts van Blokland, Chief of the Political 

Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs 

Dr. E. Moresco, Secretary-General of the Ministry for the 

Colonies, appointed Vice-President of the 
Council of the Netherland East Indies. 

'Technical Advisers : 

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Jonkheer 0. Sin, Chief of Division of the Ministry for the 

Colonies; 

Mr. van Wetturn, Former Chief of the Opium Monopoly Service 

in the Dutch East Indies, late President 
of the Advisory Sommittee to the Council 
of the League of Nations on the opium 
problem; 

Mr. de Kat Angelino, Adviser for Chinese Affairs of the Dutch 

East Indian Government; 

G. J. W. Putman Cramer, Capitaine de Fregate, Royal Netherland 

Navy. 

Secretaries : 


Jonkheer M. van Haersma de with. Counselor of Legation; 
j Jonkheer a. Tjarda van Starkenborgh, Secretary of Legation; 
Jonkheer C. van Breugel Douglas, Attache of Legation; and 
Mr. Pelt. 


The Party will be accompanied from New York by the following members 
of the Netherlands Legation: 

Dr. J. C. A. Everwijn,J£. E , and M. P.; 

Jonkheer W. E. de Beaufort, Counselor of Legation; 

Dr. D. H. Andre ae , Connie re ial Attache; 

Madame Andreae and children. 

The Party will be met at the Station by the following members of Xhe 
Netherlands Legation: 

Dr. J. 3. Hubrecht, Secretary of Le-gatEtn, 

3an#n G* W. de Vos van Steenwyk, 

Dr. B. J • Gratama, Assistant ComraercAaJ#*ATT<iciM**. 



























DEPARTMENT OP STATE 


November 7, 1921. 

Qp-ZiS.- rence on the Limitation of iArmament. 


ARRIVAL OP FRENCH DELEGATION. 


Ths French Delegation to the ‘Conference on the Limitation cf 

Armament will arrive in Washington at the Union Station today at 4.45 

o'clock. The Delegation will be met at the station by the Secretary 

of State, accompanied by Mr. Richard Southgate, Mr. Henry Suydam, Mr. 

Philip Pat chin, Mr. Charles L. Cooke, Mr. Hugh Millard and Mr. Percy 

Blair, all of the Department of State; by Admiral Robert F. Coontz, 

representing the Navy Department, accompanied by Captain Luke McNamee, 

Captain Hayne Ellis, Lieut. Commander H« W. Hill; and by General Pershing 
3rigadier 

and/General A. V. Brewster, representing the War Department, accompanied 
by Lieut. C. II. Mundenhall and Lieut. P. B. Kelly. 

The French Delegation consists of the following: 

Delegates: 

Mr. Aristide Briand, Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs; 
Mr. Rene Viviani, Deputy, Former Prime Minister, 
and Madame Viviani; 

Mr. Albert Sarraut, Senator, Minister to the Colonies. 

Sec reta r y General ; 

Mr. Phi3.ippe Berhhelot, Ambassador of .France; 

Mr. Massigli, Assistant Secretary General* 

Interpreters : 

Mr. Gamerlynck; 

Mr. Denaint (Consul). 

Mi1it ar y Ex p or t s : 

General Buat, Chief of General Staff; 

Colonel du Roure; 

Colonel Requin; 

Captain Koetz; 

Lieutenant de Colbert. 

Naval Experts: 

Capitaine de vaisseau Frochot; 

Ca.p5ia.ine de vaisseau Dupuy-Dutemps; 

Capitaine de corvette Odendal, Lt. Ccm. 

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Capitaine Robert (Army). 

Chemical lys r faro (jro egt ions : 

III'. Moureu (Member of the Institute) — (Hay arrive). 
Legal i/Vrj ge x. 

Hr, Fronageot. 

Polit i cal Advisor s: 

Hr. Kammerer ( Ul Inister PI.) 

Financial sen d. Fee no. 1 ?'c Qv . e st i ons: 

Hr. Casenave (Minister PI.) 

Hr. Cheysson 
Colonial Quostions : 

Lir. L’uchesne 
Hr. Tou^et 
Hr. Carrier 


Press : 

Hr. Ponset, Consul General 

Hr. Corbin, 1st Secretary of Embassy. 


Mr. Carteron, Assistant Chief of Cabinet of 11. 3riand, 
Hr. Chat in (Physician to Mr. Briand. ) 


The Party will be accompanied from New York by the followin 
members of the French Embassy: 

Mr. J. J. Jusserand, Ambassador to the United States; 
Major pubreuil, Acting Military Attache; 

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of the French Embassy: 

&r. M. Eeilaann, Commercial Attache; 

Mr» Hubert G-uerin, Third Secretary; 

Count Jacques do Sieyes do 7eyn.es; 

Jap tain Guy J). de Lavergne, Air Attache; 

Captain Lombard, Assistant to Military Attache. 


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For the Press. 

Conference on the Limitation of Armament . 


November 8th, 1921. 


The following is a complete list of the American Delegat 
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The JJ nited^ Stores of America. 

1. Delegat es Plenipotentiary 

The Honorable Charles Evans Hughes, Secretary of State, Chairman. 
Tn; Honorable Henry Cabot Lodge, Senator of the United States. 

The Honorable Slihu Root, formerly Secretary of State and Senator 
of the United States. 

me Honorable Oscar W. Underwood, Senator of the United States. 

2. Advisory C ommit ie e: 


The Honorable George Sutherland, Chairman. 

Lr. Charles S. Barrett. 

Lrs. Charles Sumner Bird, 
krs. Katherine Phillips Ed eon. 

Lr s. Eleanor Franklin Egan. 

Henry P. Fletcher, Under Secretary of State, 
hr. Samuel Gompers. 

Herbert C. Hoover, Secretary of Commerce. 

Lr. John L. Lewis. 

Tne Honorable John k. Parker, Governor of Louisiana 
General John J. Pershing, U. S. A. 

The Honorable Stephen G.’ Porter, L. C. 

Hear Admiral W. L. Rogers, U. S. N. 

Theodore Roosevelt., Assistant Secret r .rv of the Navy 
Jne Honorable Willard Saulsbury. 
mr. Harold L. Sewall. 


Lr. Walter George Smith. 

Lr. Carmi A, Thompson, 
kr. William Boyce Thompson. 

J. Layhew Wainright, Assistant 
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Basil Liles, Secretary of the Delegation. 

° . Butler Wright, Counselor of Embassy, Secretary. 
Edward Bell, Counselor of Embassy, Secretary. 
Philip H. Patchin, Department of State, Secretary, 
Henry Suydam, Department of State, Secretary. 

F. L. Layer, First Secretary of Embassy, Secretary! 
W. P. Cresson, Secretary. 

Lithgow Osborne, Secretary. 

Seth Low Pierrepont, Secretary. 


J. G. D. Paul, Secretary. 

Warden LcKee Wilson, Third Secretary of 
Secretary. 

T. L. Daniels, Third Secretary of Embass 
Jefferson Patterson, Third Secretary of 
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John K - Vorys, Assistant Secretary. 


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Robert Woods Bliss, Third Assistant Secretary of State 
Warren bobbins. Counselor of Embassy, 
ff* paries • T<ee Cooke, Department of State. 

’ Second Secret -ary of Embassy. 

• H'-gh Hillard, Third Secretary of Embassy. 


5. Technical Staf-p . 

limitation of Arraaroent . 
^S3LiSj?Q -I)spartin9nt of Stato . 


Henry P. Fletcher, Under Secretary of State. 

Hr. J. Heuben Clark, Special Counsel to the Department of 

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For the War Depa rtment: ; 


Hajox General George 0. Squier (Radio and electrical 
munications generally). 

Major General C. 0. Williams (Chief of Ordnance). 

Brigadier General William I.'itcholl (aviation). 

Brigadier General Amos A. Fries (Chemical Warfare). 

Colonel John A. McA. Palmer (Organization and general 
military subjects). 

Colonel B. H. Wells (Organization and general military 
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Lieutenant Colonel Stuart Heintzelman (Military Intel- 
ligence and organization of foreign armies), 
r. Louis Cohen (Civilian radio engineer. Signal Corps). 


For t he Navy Department : 


Theodore Roosevelt, Assistant Secretary of the Navy. 
Admiral Robert E. Coontz, Technical Expert - general. 
Hear Admiral William A. Moffett, Aeronautics. 

Captain William V. Pratt, Technical Expert - general. 
Captain Frank H. Schofield, Technical Expert - general. 
<aptain Luke KcNamee, Technical Expert - general. 
Captain Samuel W. Bryant, Communications. 

Mr. L. V. Austin, Radio. 

Chemical Warfare . 

Professor Edgar F. Smith, University of Pennsylvania, 
and Army and Navy Officers. 


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Mr. John Van A. HacMurray, Chief, Division of Far Eastern 
Affairs, Department of State. 

Hr. D. C. Poole, Chief, Division of Russian Affairs, 
Department of State. 

Professor E. T. Williams, formerly Chief, Division of Far 
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Mr. N. T. Jchnson, Department of State. 

Mr. E„ L. Neville, Department of State. 
Professor G. H. Slakeslee, Clark University. 
Mr. Stanley K. Hernbeck, Department of State. 
Mr. J. S, Abbott, Department of Commerce. 

Mr. p. P. Lockhart, Department of State. 

Mr. J. P„ Jameson, Department of State. 

Mr. Robert P, Leonard, Department of State. 
Mr. F. L. Mayer, Department of State. 

Mr. J. 0. Penby, Department of State. 

Mi'-. J. L. Donaldson, Department of State * 

Legal Questions. 


Mr. F. K. Nielsen, Solicitor of the Department of State. 
Mr. Chandler P. Anderson, formerly Counselor, Department 
• of State. 

Professor George £. Wilson. 

Economic Q uestion s and Merchan t Mar me. 


Dr. W. 3. Culbertson, Commissioner, United States 
Tariff Commission, 

Daniel H. Cox, United States Shipping Board, 
jl ommu nica t ions. 


Mr. Leland Harrison, Counselor of Embassy. 
Mr. Sc Vr Stratton, Department of Commerce. 
Mr. J. H. Dillinger, Department of Commerce, 
lir. Walter S» Rogers, Department of State. 
And Army and Navy Officers. 


6. Far the Press : 


Mr. Philip H. Patchin. 
Mr. Henry Suydam. 


7. Archives} 


Mr. D* {J. Salmon. 

8. Disbursing Officer : 

Mr. William G-. McNeir. 


9. Editor; 


Mr. &aiHard Hunt. 

Mr. J. L. Duncan, Assistant. 























































PPPinTHENT OF ST A TE 


X>EP.^1!L1EKT OF 2TATS 


FOH THE PI1FS3. 


November 9, 1921 


Tl.e Frx ».ish Amoassanor u9.;ivered today the following message from the 
Prim© Minister Hr, Lloyd George to the Secretary of State* 

iri-1 p^ace express to President Harding my very keen regret 
and disappointment at having been unable to leave England in time to 
attend the ©pem-.ng of ohe Washington Conference. The discussion to 
which he teas invited the Powers whose representatives assemble in 
'Washington this week is of profound importance to the whole world. 
Nothing but the intensely delicate state of the Irish negotiations and 
the absolute obligation which I feel to Parliament and the Country 
co be present here until those negotiations are completed and the 
Government's unemployment legislation is in operation would have 
prevented my sailing last Saturday as I hoped to do. I must discharge 
tfc;j.t obligation before I leave but I will sail at the earliest possible 
moment and I hope to be with you before the Conference reaches the 
deciding stage of its momentous work. I need not assure you in the 
meant ure that the heart of Britain is deeply set upon the success of 
the Conference. The world has needed such a lead as President 
Harding gave us last July for many anxious months* It was the New 
World's opportunity. To have grasped it promptly as President 


Harding and his advisers did will prove a lasting credit to the clear¬ 
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FOR THE PRESS: November 10, 1921. 

C onference oh the Limitation of Armament in connection v/ith which 
Pacific and Far Eastern questions will be discussed. 


PROGRAM FOR FIRST MEETING. 


1* ^he first meeting of the Conference will be held on Saturday, 

November 12th, at 10:30 a.in. at Continental Memorial Hall (Hall of the 
Daughters of the American Revolution, on Seventeenth Street). 

2. The doors are to be closed to the public at 10:15 a.m. and it is 
requested that the Delegates will be in their places not later than 10.25. 

3. The order of proceedings will be as follows: 

Prayer will be offered by Reverend W. S. Abernethy, D.D., Pastor of 
Calvary Baptist Church of Washington. 

The President of the United States v/ill then address the Conference. 

In accordance with the desire which has been expressed on behalf of 
the Missions, no responses v/ill be made to the President's address, and 
the President v/ill retire at its conclusion. 

The Secretary of State of the United States will suggest that the 
Conference proceed v/ith its organization. 

The election of the Presiding Officer of the Conference v/ill follow: 

The Presiding Officer will then deliver an address. 

After the selection of Secretary General and Committees on Program 
ar.d Procedure, it will be proposed that the Conference adjourn to meet 
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FjR lHE PRESS: November 11, 1921. (l) 

Opening Session,Conference on the Limitation of Armament. 


The Department of State today announced the following with respect 
to the Opening Session of the Conference on the Limitation of Armament. 

xLu a. 1. st meeting of the Conference will, be held on Saturday, 

November 12th, a-. 10-30 a.m. at Continental memorial Hall (Hall of the 
Daughters of the Miner icar Revolution, on Seventeenth Street.) 

The doors will be closed at 10:15 a.m. 

Delegates plenipotentiary and members of their respective delegations, 
secretaries-,general and holders of tickets to box 3 egts will enter by 
the south portico on C Street. The members of the Senate and the House 
of Representatives will utilize the entrance on the north side, on D 
Street. The diplomatic corps, the members of the Supreme Court, the 
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November 14th, 1921 (2^. 

For the Press. 

Belgium. 

The American Ambassador at Brussels has reported to the Department 
If State that the Kin * sent his aide~de~canp to the Embassy yesterday afternoon 
to renuer official expression of his Majesty's interest in the ceremonies at 
Washington on November 11th and to give assurance of his great admiration of 
and gratitude to the American army and the personal friendship he cherishes 
for its leaders. 


The Secretary of State has received the following telegram from 
the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Belgium (M. Henri Jaspar): 

"At the moment when at Washington the discussions are going to 
cjmneut of the Conference convoked by the eminent statesman whom the United 
otates have called to-their highest magistracy, I congratulate myself on being 
able to address to y^u the sincere good wishes of the Belgian Government 
and people for the success of your noble initiative. In the course of the 
painful years of war, the great Aire.rlean Hepublic has rendered to our unfortunate 
people invaluable services of which they will never lose the memory. The 
Belgians rejoice to see the United States once more take the generous 
initiative of studying questions, whose solution must assure the maintaAnnoe 
of peaoe in the world^ 

“They will all follow with the liveliest interest the aevalopment 
of the S2E222 labors of the Conference and they have the firm hope that the 
wisdom, the experience and the devotion of the eminent personalities assembled 
at Washington will succeed in giving to the great problems submitted to their 
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November 18, 1921, 


Belgium. 


The President has received the following telegram from the King of 
Belgium; 

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•'At the moment of the opening of the Conference due to your 
enlightened initiative* I make the most sincere wishes for the full 
success of the laoors about to be carried on under your high direc¬ 
tion. The problems to be solved are cf capital importance to the 
maintenance of general peace and the economic restoration of the 
world. Belgium will watch in the deepest interest the sessions 
ac Washington. It does not doubt that the decisions there arrived 
will contribute So insure, together with their complete safety, 
the ur^&mpered development of countries toward which its economic 
expansion has long been directed. 

(signed) ALBERT." 


The President has sent the following reply to the King of Belgium*. 

Sharing with Tour Majesty in the confident hope that the 
results of the labors of the important conference this day con¬ 
vene! at Washington will realize the reasonable wishes and just 
expectations of all peoples, I thank Your Majesty warmly for the 
sentiments of your appreciated message of November 10. 

(Signed) WARREN G-. HARDING.” 


China. 

The President has received the following Cablegram from the President 
ef China: 


"The President of the Republic of China has the honor to ex¬ 
tend to Hj.o Excellency, the President of the United States, his 
felicitations upon the assembling of the Conference of the Powers 
to consider the limitation of armament and tiie international 
problems of the Far East and the Pacific, to express his earnest 
desire that the foresight and wisdom of the President of the United 
States in constituting the Conference may find ample reward in the 
amicable and successful adjustment of the vexatious questions which 
may be considered and in the insurance of further peace and good 
will among the nations. 

(Signe d) HSU SHI-CHANG. w 


The following reply has been sent: 

"I thank you sincerely for your telegram of Noverrfeer IQ and 
assure you of my deep appreciation of your good wishes for the suc¬ 
cess of the Conference convened today at Y/ashingtcn. 

(Signed) WARREN G. HARDING*” 




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iho President has received the foliowing cablegram from the President 
of Costa Bioa. 


"American v-'O.l and human it ar Ian ideals warrant my sending 

« r ° u ^ongratu?.atioii<3 a:.d wishes for the success of the Conference that 
w,.c„ guarantee peace and progress to the w or Id • 

(Signed) JULIO ACOSTA." 

The following reply has been sent: 

"I thank you most sincerely for your appreciated telegram of 
good wishes for the success of the Conference now convened at Wash¬ 
ington. The world-wide interest in the Conference encourages my 

belief that your hope for improved world conditions will be realized 

in its results. 

(SIGNED) WARREN G» HARDING-" 


Cuba. 


The 
ef Cuba: 


President 


has received the following cablegram from the President 


"The Chamber of Representatives at its session of the 9th resolved 
to draw up a message of adhesion to the government and people of the 
United States^ of America, stating that the Republic of Cuba which 
fought so much for its freedom pays due homage tc the unknown American 
soldier who personifies the heroic efforts of a nation for the freedom 
of the world and of the great and small nationalities. 


"In having the fcen&rto forward to your Excellency this resolution 
of the chamber of Representatives of Cuba, I wish also to say that I 
am one with the contents of this message which accurately reflects 
the sentiments of the imperishable friendship and alliance of the 
people and government of Cuba with your glorious nation. 

(Signed) ALFPED0 ZAYAS." 


The following reply has been sent; 


"Highly gratified to receive your telegram of the 11th instant, 

I have the honor to request you to be so good as to assure the Cuban 
House of Deputies of my sincere appreciation of their valued action 
in giving by a unanimously adopted resolution expression to their 
sympathy with respect to the Conference recently convened at Washington, 
as well as to accept my best thanks for your own good wishes. The 
favor with which the Conference is regarded in all parts of the world 
encourages me in the belief that the successful issue hoped for by 
Your Excellency and the Chamber of Deputies will be realized. 

(Signed* WABREN G. HARDING." 


France . 

The President has received the fell owing telegram from the President 
©£ Prance: 

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1 fGl1 in the servioe of Ti 8 ht and liberty on French soil. 

0 . , . t the saffie hour the Conference assembled on your initiative is 

I'll ll VT ln Washin ? ton with the Principal object of lessening the 
h ^ ' ,ure con i > imV* among the nations. You know how promptly and 

that Jy . 9 fv i:ua ^ d : y - r he desire oJ> giving efficacious support to 

undertaking, the French Government accepted the in- 

labors ' U he Go ?' ferei - ce ° wishes I make that the 

so pi i” in *1 " G ~ nda: * :taken will to the greatest extent contribute to 

thp-l^f '‘° r jh l WOrlfi a future of Prosperity, justice and concord 
here foie come from the depths of my heart. 

(Signed) A. MILLERAND." 


The following reply has been sent: 

‘ ae actj.on of the French nation in bestowing its military medal 
and war cross upon the unknown American soldier has sensibly touched 
6 Government and people of the United States on whose behalf and in 
my own name i express to Your Excellency most heartfelt thanks. This 
a i! h 1 h0n0r W0 ' ,ld have made unnecessary any further indication of the 

uTu™nr a "t 0n an ° e with the ^rican people in paying homage to the 

unknov- American dead. I am none the less aporeciative of the added 

assurance m your telegram of November 10th of the association of Your 
e ., oncy and «he French people with our people on that occasion, 
ihis uaknown soldier and all those who like him gave their lives that 

a 0 " i J -~ 1 - ¥ c ~ war might be lessened will have died in vain unless 

he just expectations of all peoples are realized in the results of the 
n ert. oe now convened at Washington, and I heartily welcome your good 
wishes for- the lasting accomplishment of its deliberations. 

(Signed) WARREN G. HARDING-" 


Great Britain. 


The President has received the following cablegram from His Majesty 
King George V.: * 

v . v* M °v the occasion of . the opening of the International Conference at 
Washington I again send to you my most sincere wishes for the success 
of its deliberations. The sympathy and good will of the whole British 
people will be with the Conference in its labors for assuring the 
maintenance of peace. 

(Signed) GEORGE, R.l.»» 


The following reply has been sent; 

It is difficult to express to you the measure of my appreciation 
of your message on the occasion of the opening of the Conference at 
Washington. The renewed assurance that Your Majesty and the British 
Empire are in sympathy with the results hoped to be accomplished in the 
interest of enduring peace increases my confidence that the labors of 
the Conference will attain this desirable end. 

(Signed) WARREN G. HARDING.»» 








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of Haiti: Pre3idSnt haS re08iTCd the fon ™ in g Sablegram from the President 


mo,iinl W -i th ^ eep emotion I send through your Excellency's obliging 
1 oa -e 0 J f-^ terly S*****! °* «» Haitian people and the reverent 
Lw'anri t f 0r the ’• ,a ' teI0wn bbidier. paladin of 

Allied CoMers’is^crifyi^Tthtfd^ 3318 ' 811 ** “* princi P al 

(Signed) DARTIGGENAVE." 


A fitting rep]y will "be made. 


J apan: 


The President has received the following cablegram from the Emperor of 


who «» Projected memorial service at Arlington for those 

tha" -r<. r . 8Teat " ir > “y feelings are deeply stirred and I pray 

tit: of Prcv-'d^^ ? - h ,° Se gaUant U76S in «*> inscrutable work- 
w0 ,, 13i “~ du '•° a better and more fraternal era for the 


(Signed) YOSHIHITO." 


The following reply has been sent; 

very hLhlv* T r 1Ia ‘- esty bibcenely for your telegram which I value 
nessa'ge^c^the to SJ ‘ S y ° U ? f “ y deep a PP i-eoiati °n of Your Majesty's 

Arlinfron rori 10an , Pe ° P 6 at the tiE;s of the services held at 
Arlington for the burial of the unknown American killed in the late 

(Signed) WARREN G. HARDING. M 


Norway . 


Prime MiniJte'r^flo.^ayf" f ° ll0Wing oaWe S™ from the 


fh . * the naffie °f Horwegian Government I wish to convey to vou 
the sincere hope which is entertained throughout this country that 
e Coa.ereme which opens today will accomplish the great purpose 

thf v Tt ■ b t bSen RU, ™ oned - The Norwegian people fully realize 
the vital importance of the Conference to the future of the world and 

hopes that it will be made a practical success on enduring lines to 
the benefit ot ohe whole civilized community. 

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”0n behalf of the Government and people of the United States 
p 71 , naiLe » - yon warmly for your message to the 

^ nope that the Conference now convened at 

^ashine^on may bring forth results beneficial to the whole civilized 
wor.u, ^ Such a message coming from the Norwegian Government and 
peopxo 13 most encouraging and is deeply appreciated. 

(Signed) CHARLES E. HUGHES, 

Secretary of State." 


P^ru. 


_ President has received the following cablegram from the President 

rf tne Peruvian Senate: 


”; Uo *e of Peru in session of yesterday approved unanimously 
the foU^wnig motion of order of the day. The Senate of Peru salutes, 
on the date of the installation of the Conferences in regard to uni¬ 
versal disarming, the President of the United States, Mr. Warren 
Harding, creator and organizer of this new work of welfare for humanity. 
It bends to Mia joined with the homage of its admiration and sympathy, 
the Boost fervent; prayers that it forms in order that from its lafty 

dec.-iij.cn.3 peace and harmony in the world may issue in stable and last¬ 
ing form. 

J. take advantage of the occasion to offer to Your Excellency 
the assurances of my highest and most distinguished consideration. 

(Signed) GENESAD CESAR CANEVAHO, 

President of the Peruvian Senate' 


The President has received the bellowing cablegram from the President 
of the Peruvian Chamber of Deputies: 


"The Chamber of Deputies of Peru over which I have the honor to 
preside unanimously passed a Resolution at today's session to salute 
the President c l the great American Nation bound to our country by ties 
of long' s. anc.vUg and. cleop-seated cordiality and to congratulate you 
aosw earnestly or the organization of the Conference that you open 
today with the assU-tan^e of the representatives of the great world 
Powers. feking the most fervent wishes for the success of so great 
an event, X renew ts £our Excellency the sentiments of my high and dis¬ 
tinguished consideration. 

(Signed) PEDRO JOSE RADA Y GALilO, 

President of the Chamber of Deputies." 


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respectively, telegrams embodying the texts of resolutions adopted 
by tnose bodies, expressive of their sympathy and good wishes with 
respect to the Conference now meeting in Washington* By direction 
of the President I have the honor to ash that, if perceiving no 
objection. Your Excellency will be so good as to give in any ap¬ 
propriate way to these legislative bodies assurance that their 
valued action is highly appreciated by the President of the United 
States, who is greatly encouraged by the deep interest which is 

being taken in the success of the Conference in all parts of the 
world.' 

• ... (Signed) CHARLES £• HUGHES. 


Sweden. 


The President has received the following cablegram from the 
Prime Minister of Sweden: 


■’At the moment of the Inauguration in Washington of the im¬ 
portant conference which you, Mr. President, have initiated the 
Swedish Government beg leave through me to' convey to you the ex¬ 
pression Oj>: their keenest desire that these deliberations between 
t,:.e leading Sea Powers of the World may bring about such agree¬ 
ments founded on justice and equity that not only existing dif¬ 
ferences are smoothed away for the present but also definite steps 
m^ghw be vsken for the international reduction of armaments which 
the whole world is longing for after the conclusion of the great 
war and which she is in the most pressing need of for her economic 
and moral recovery. The Swedish Government are sure that they 
express the sentiments of the Swedish Ration when they lay before 
you these wishes. 

(Signed) BRAHTING, 

Prime Minister. 


The following reply has been sent: 

M Your message on the occasion of the opening of the Conference 
at \.ash..ngton, expressing the hope of the Swedish Government and 
people that results will be accomplished vhich will strengthen the 
possibilities of a lasting peace, is very gratifying to the Presi¬ 
dent as an additional evidence of the deep interest all peoples are 
taking in a successful outcome to the Conference. In behalf of the 
President and the Government of the United States I thank you for 
your encouraging words. 

(Signed) CHARLES E. HUGHES, 

Secretary of State. 


Uruguay . 

The President has received the following cablegram from the 
President of Uruguay: 


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the Government of the United States of America to deal with the 
great problems that concern the peace and prosperity of the 
universe 5 I take pleasure in forwarding to Your Excellency the 
wishes I mane for the success of so noble ar.dendeavor in the 
name of the people and Government of Uruguay. 

(Signed) BiLTASAR BRUM, 

. President of the Oriental Republic of Uruguay.” 


A fitting reply will be sent. 


The President has received the following cablegram from Pope 
Benedict XV»: 

’’On the eve of the Conference assembled for the purpose of settling 
the grave international questions connected with the Far East and of thus 
arriving at disarmament earnestly Almighty God to grant a happy issue 
to the initiative taken by the Chief Magistrate of the Great American 
Republic to tranquillize the trepidation of humanity. 

(Signed) BENEDICT XV." 

(Signed) BFNEDICTUS PAPA 


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FOB THE PRESS. 


Washington, D. C.,December 12, 1921, 


The Secretary of State made the following announcement today; 


e Uniteci States and Japan have reached an agreement with respect to 
he Island of Yap and the other mandated islands in the Pacific Ocean, 
north of the Equator. The negotiations have been in progress since last 
June and the terms of settlement were almost entirely agreed upon before 
the meeting of the Conference on Limitation .of Armament. The last steps 

m the negotiations have now been taken. The points of the agreement are 
as follows: 


^ that the United States shall have free access to the 

Island of Yap on the footing of entire equality with Japan or any other 
na ion, in all that relates to the landing and operation of the existing 

Yap-Suam cable or of any cable which may hereafter be laid by the United 
States or its nationals. 

2. It is also agreed that the United States and its nationals are 
be accorded the same rights and privileges with respect to radiotele- 

graphic service as with regard to cables. It is provided that so long as 
the Japanese Government shall maintain on the Island of Yap an adequate 
radiotelegraphic station, cooperating effectively with the cables and with 
o her radio stations on ships and shore, without discriminatory exactions 
or preferences, the exercise of the right to establish radiotelegraphic 
stations at Yap by the United States or its nationals shall be suspended. 

3. It is further agreed that the United States shall enjoy in the 
Island of Yap the following rights, privileges and exemptions in relation 
to electrical communications: 

(a) Rights of residence without restriction; and rights of ac¬ 
quisition and enjoyment and undisturbed possession, upon a footing 
of entire equality with Japan or any other nation or their respective 
nationals of all property and interests, both personal and real, in¬ 
cluding lands, buildings, residences, offices, works and appurtenances. 

(b) No permit or license to be required for the enjoyment of any 
of these rights and privileges. 

(c) Each country to be free to operate both ends of its cables 
either directly or through its nationals including corporations or 
associations. 

(d) No cable censorship or supervision of operation or messages. 

(e) Free entry and exit for persons and property. 

(f) No taxes, port, harbor or landing charges, or exactions, 
either with respect to operation of cables or to property, persons or 
vessels. 


(g) No discriminatory police regulations. 






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4* Japan agrees that it will use its power of expropriation to secure 
to the United States needed property and facilities for the purpose of 
electrical communication in the Island, if such property or facilities 
cannot otherwise be obtained. It is understood that the location and 
area of land to be so expropriated shall be arranged each time between the 
two Governments, according to the requirements of each case. American 
property and facilities for the purpose of electrical communication in the 
Island are to be exempt from the process of expropriation. 

5. The United States consents to the administration by Japan of the 
mandated islands in the Pacific Ocean north of the Equator subject to the 
above provisions with respect to the Island of Yap, and also subject to 
the following conditions: 

(a) The United States is to have the benefit of the engagements 
of Japan set forth in the mandate, particularly those as follows: 

"ARTICLE 3. 

"The Mandatory shall see that the slave trade is prohibited 
and that no forced labour is permitted, except for essential 
public work and services, and then only for adequate remuneration. 

"The Mandatory shall also see that the traffic in arms and 
ammunition is controlled in accordance with principles analogous 
to those laid down in the Convention relating to the control°of 
the arms traffic, signed on September 10th, 1919, or in any con¬ 
vention amending same. 

"The supply of intoxicating spirits and beverages to the 
natives shall be prohibited." 

"ARTICLE 4. 

"The military training of the natives, otherwise than for 
purposes of internal police and the local defence of the ter¬ 
ritory, shall be prohibited. Furthermore, no military or naval 
bases shall be established or fortifications erected in the ter¬ 
ritory." 

(b) With respect to missionaries, it is agreed that Japan shall 
ensure complete freedom of conscience and the free exercise of all 
forms of worship, which are consonant with public order and morality, 
and that missionaries of all such religions shall be free to enter the 
territory, and to travel and reside therein, to acquire and possess 
property, to erect religious buildings, and to open schools throughout 
the territory. Japan shall, however, have the right to exercise such- 
control as may be necessary for the maintenance of public order and 
good government, and to take all measures required for such control. 

(c) Japan agrees that vested American property rights will be 
maintained and respected. 

(d) It is agreed that the treaties between the United States 
and Japan now in force shall apply to the mandated islands. 

(e) It is agreed that any modifications in the Mandate are to 

be subject to the consent of the United States ? and, further, that 
Japan will address to the United States a duplicate reptrt on the ad¬ 
ministration of the Mandate. 

A formal convention embodying these provisions will be drawn up for 
signature and will be subject to ratification by the Senate. 


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